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Metadata

  • Station or cluster: CryoNet Station
  • Type: Primary
  • Attribute(s): Research
  • WMO ID (if any):
  • Shape: point
  • Latitude, longitude: -49.2786, -72.9953
  • Altitude and/or range (m): 1200
  • Landscape: Mountain
  • Year established: 2014
  • Year-round? Yes
  • Operations contact: Mariano Masiokas
  • Science contact: Mariano Masiokas
  • Data contact: Pierre Pitte

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Aonikenk
Primary CryoNet Station Information

Station installed at the toe of Glaciar de los Tres, near a heavily glaciated area in the South Patagonian Andes at around 49°S. This glacier is the focus of a long-term mass balance monitoring program in the South Patagonian Andes of Argentina. The meteorological and glaciological data are highly relevant for a better understanding of the glacier-climate relationships in this portion of the Andes.

Measurement Methods Used

Data Information

Measurements

The measurements made at Aonikenk are listed in the following tables. (Note: If End Year is blank, measurements are ongoing.)

Cryosphere Measurements

Element Variable Start Year End Year Frequency
SnowDepth2014Continuous
PermafrostSoil temperature2014Continuous
GlacierAccumulation2013Sporadic
GlacierAblation2013Sporadic

Atmosphere Measurements

Element Variable Start Year End Year Frequency
MetAir temperature2014Continuous
MetHumidity/vapour pressure2014Continuous
MetWind speed and direction2014Continuous
MetAir pressure2014Continuous
MetSnowfall2014Continuous
MetTotal precipitation2014Continuous
MetRainfall2014Continuous
RadiationDownwelling shortwave2014Continuous
RadiationDownwelling longwave2014Continuous

Last updated: 29 May 2019