CRYONET Site Questionnaire: Potanin Glacier, Altai Mountains, Mongolia
Site specific metadata:
Name of site: Potanin Glacier, Altai Mountains, Mongolia
Latitude/Longitude/Altitude: 3500(ELA), 49.1572N, 87.8434E
Landscape type (e.g. arctic coastal, tundra, alpine…): alpine
Onsite technical staff:
All-year round observations y/n: y (meteorological element), others no.
Year established: 2003
Link to website if available:
Station manager (Email): Tsutomu Kadota (JAMSTEC), kadota@jamstec.go.jp
Gombo Davaa (IMH), watersect@yahoo.com
Organisation in charge of station: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan and
Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment. Mogolia
Other information Glacier D002 (48.6864N, 90.7400E) and Glacier D036 (48.6036N, 90.8421E) are also
surveyed
Monitoring of the atmosphere:
Solid precipitation:
Snowfall:
Trace gases:
Aerosols
UV, stratospheric ozone
Radiation (longwave, shortwave): yes
Others: air temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, air pressure
Snow cover
Physical parameters:
Chemical parameters:
Others:
Glaciers and ice caps
Mass balance (measured parameters): net balance from ablation area to accum. Area by stakes.
Ice flow (measured parameters): ice flow (several times)
Basal water pressure (measured parameters):
Others: Pit observation in accum area. Limited measurements for D002 and D036
Sea ice
Mass balance (measured parameters):
Meteorology: radiation, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure (measured
parameters):
Snow on ice (measured parameters):
Ice chemistry (measured parameters):
Others:
Permafrost
Borehole measurements (measured parameters):
Meteorology: radiation, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure (measured
parameters):
Snow on ground (measured parameters):
Active layer thickness (measured parameters):
GST:
Others:
Ice sheet
Mass balance (measured parameters):
Meteorology: radiation, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure (measured
parameters):
Snow on ice (measured parameters):
Ice chemistry (measured parameters):
Others:
Other measurements (hydrological, ecological, oceanographic, etc)
Hydrology (measured parameters):
Ecology (measured parameters)
Oceanography (measured parameters):
Other thematic linkages:
Linkages to satellite data (describe validation programs, applications of satellite data, etc.)
Participation in international monitoring programmes such as GAW, GTN-G, GTN-P, ….
Networks and start of contribution: