Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) automatic weather station data

• Main Authors: R. S. Fausto, D. van As, K. D. Mankoff, B. Vandecrux, M. Citterio, A. P. Ahlstrøm, S. B. Andersen, W. Colgan, N. B. Karlsson, K. K. Kjeldsen, N. J. Korsgaard, S. H. Larsen, S. Nielsen, A. Ø. Pedersen, C. L. Shields, A. M. Solgaard, J. E. Box
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021-08-01
• Series: Earth System Science Data
• Online Access: https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/13/3819/2021/essd-13-3819-2021.pdf

<p>The Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) has been measuring climate and ice sheet properties since 2007. Currently, the PROMICE automatic weather station network includes 25 instrumented sites in Greenland. Accurate measurements of the surface and near-surface atmospheric conditions in a changing climate are important for reliable present and future assessment of changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet. Here, we present the PROMICE vision, methodology, and each link in the production chain for obtaining and sharing quality-checked data. In this paper, we mainly focus on the critical components for calculating the surface energy balance and surface mass balance. A user-contributable dynamic web-based database of known data quality issues is associated with the data products at <span class="uri">https://github.com/GEUS-Glaciology-and-Climate/PROMICE-AWS-data-issues/</span> (last access: 7 April 2021). As part of the living data option, the datasets presented and described here are available at <a href="https://doi.org/10.22008/promice/data/aws">https://doi.org/10.22008/promice/data/aws</a> <span class="cit" id="xref_paren.1">(<a href="#bib1.bibx8">Fausto et al.</a>, <a href="#bib1.bibx8">2019</a>)</span>.</p>