Data from automated ablation stake installations and some associated weather stations
Cite this when simply downloading and working with these raw data and/or code. Also cite the following papers below, as apprpriate, depending on which data set you are using.
Wickert, A. D., Romero, M., Barnhart, K. R., Armstrong, W. H., Ng, G. C., McLaughlin, R. T., Schulz, B., Sandell, C. T., Witte, L., Carnevale, I., Chang, E., Decker, C., Fogel, J., La Frenierre, J., MacGregor, K. R., Martinez, G., Penprase, S. P., Punina, L., Roberti, G., Tamburini Beliveau, G., Van Wyk de Vries, M., Wickert, P. D., & Wickert, S. E. (2023). Automated Ablation Stake Data; Code and Associated Weather-station Data Included (Version 1.0.0, Release Candidate 1) [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7615567
Additionally, cite the following for any case in which you discuss these data in connection with developing ablation models, consider the hardware required to gather the data, or consider their broader glaciological context in a way that is relevant to the following reference.
Wickert, A. D., K. R. Barnhart, W. H. Armstrong M. Romero, B. Schulz C. T. Sandell, S. B. Penprase, M. Van Wyk de Vries, G. H. C. Ng, J. La Frenierre, and K. R. MacGregor (submitted, 2023), Open-source Automated Ablation Stakes to Constrain Temperature-index Melt Models, Annals of Glaciology.
Wickert, A. D. (2014). The ALog: inexpensive, open-source, automated data collection in the field. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 95(2), 166-176. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9623-95.2.68
Armstrong, W. H., & Anderson, R. S. (2020). Ice-marginal lake hydrology and the seasonal dynamical evolution of Kennicott Glacier, Alaska. Journal of Glaciology, 66(259), 699-713. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.41
Tauro, F., Selker, J., van de Giesen, N., Abrate, T., Uijlenhoet, R., Porfiri, M., et al. (2018). Measurements and Observations in the XXI century (MOXXI): innovation and multi-disciplinarity to sense the hydrological cycle. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 63(2), 169–196. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2017.1420191
Wickert, A. D., Sandell, C. T., Schulz, B., & Ng, G.-H. C. (2019). Open-source Arduino-compatible data loggers designed for field research. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23(4), 2065–2076. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2065-2019
Saberi, L., McLaughlin, R. T., Crystal Ng, G.-H., La Frenierre, J., Wickert, A. D., Baraer, M., et al. (2019). Multi-scale temporal variability in meltwater contributions in a tropical glacierized watershed. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23(1), 405–425. https://doi.org/hess-23-405-2019
Wickert, A. D., K. R. Barnhart, W. H. Armstrong M. Romero, B. Schulz C. T. Sandell, S. B. Penprase, M. Van Wyk de Vries, G. H. C. Ng, J. La Frenierre, and K. R. MacGregor (submitted, 2023), Open-source Automated Ablation Stakes to Constrain Temperature-index Melt Models, Annals of Glaciology.
Van Wyk de Vries, M., & Wickert, A. D. (2021). Glacier Image Velocimetry: an open-source toolbox for easy and rapid calculation of high-resolution glacier velocity fields. The Cryosphere, 15(4), 2115–2132. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2115-2021
Romero, M., Wickert, A. D., MacGregor, K. R., Van Wyk de Vries, M. S., Penprase, S. B., Carnevale, I., et al. (2022). Investigating Glacier Mass Loss in the South Shetland Islands Using Open-source Data Loggers and Off-the-shelf Sensors. AGU Fall Meeting, H52O-0652, Chicago, IL, USA.
| Site | Record Start | Record End | Duration, inclsive [days] | Number of readings | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayambe (Glaciar Hermoso) | 2019.01.04 | 2019.01.07 | 4 | 4284 | |
| Chimborazo (Hans Meyer): GS04 | 2016.07.04 | 2016.10.07 | 96 | 27454 | Clock reset after time stamp 1467609996 during setup, but logger continued taking regularly spaced data. Likely final date given, based on 5-minute increments |
| Chimborazo (Hans Meyer): GS05 | 2016.07.04 | 2016.07.05 | 2 | 57 | Likely buried in accumulation area; may be recovered eventually. Later clock readings are faulty in an uncommon way: Jump forward, and then back, in time. |
| Chimborazo (Hans Meyer): GS06 | 2016.07.05 | 2016.10.31 | 119 | 34036 | |
| Chimborazo (Reschreiter): GS01 | 2016.06.29 | 2016.10.16 | 110 | 31379 | |
| Chimborazo (Reschreiter): GS02 | 2016.06.29 | 2016.11.17 | 142 | 40611 | |
| Chimborazo (Reschreiter): GS03 | 2016.06.29 | 2017.02.06 | 223 | 41686 | |
| Fourcade: AS1 | 2020.12.23 | 2021.03.14 | 84 | 17501 | |
| Perito Moreno: GUANACO AS-1 | 2020.02.23 | 2020.03.13 | 20 | 5397 | |
| Perito Moreno: GUANACO AS-2 | 2020.02.23 | 2020.03.13 | 20 | 5456 | |
| Perito Moreno: GUANACO AS-3 | 2020.02.23 | 2020.03.13 | 20 | 5382 | Last data point before pick up (station left running in backpack) seems to be from 2020/03/13 14:16:12 |
| Kennicott: GPS 3 | 2012.09.12 | 2013.03.14 | 184 | 26464 | |
| St. Paul: Swingset | 2019.03.09 | 2019.04.21 | 44 | 61956 |