In 2007, Denmark launched the Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) to assess changes in the mass balance of the ice sheet. The two major contributors to the ice sheet mass loss are surface melt and a larger production of icebergs through faster ice flow. PROMICE is focused on both processes. Ice movement and discharge is tracked by satellites and GPSs. The surface mass balance is monitored by a network of weather stations in the melt zone of the ice sheet, providing ground truth data to calibrate mass budget models.

The Greenland Climate Network (GC-Net) was established in 1995 by Prof. Konrad Steffen at CIRES, to obtain knowledge of the mass gain and climatology of the ice sheet. The programme was funded by the USA until 2020, at which point Denmark assumed responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the weather station network. The snowfall and climatology are monitored by a network of weather stations in the accumulation zone of the ice sheet, supplemented by satellite-derived data products.

Together, the two monitoring programmes deliver data about the mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet in near real-time. Explore our project dataverses and datasets below.
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AWS one boom tripod Edition 2
Jun 28, 2022 - Deprecated automatic weather station data
Fausto, Robert Schjøtt, 2022, "AWS one boom tripod Edition 2", https://doi.org/10.22008/FK2/Q81RJV, GEUS Dataverse, V1
PROMICE AWS edition 2 (deprecated). Automatic weather stations (AWS) data from the Greenland ice sheet. Data are collected from the one level tripod design that floats on the ice in the ablation area. This dataset is not maintained any more.
Ice extent
Jun 28, 2022
Citterio, Michele; Ahlstrøm, Andreas P., 2022, "Ice extent", https://doi.org/10.22008/FK2/PRWITW, GEUS Dataverse, V1
This dataset contains fractional ice cover across Greenland at 1 km and 5 km spatial resolutions. This fractional ice cover is derived from analysis of an aerophotogrammetric map of Greenland acquired in the 1980s. Ice cover is classified as "ice sheet" or "local ice mass", with...
Calving front line
Calving front line
Jun 28, 2022
Fausto, Robert S., 2022, "Calving front line", https://doi.org/10.22008/FK2/UNZUJF, GEUS Dataverse, V2
Marine terminating outlet glacier calving front lines. We update a collection of annual end-of-melt-season calving front lines for 47 of the largest Greenland outlet glaciers. The Greenland calving front lines are based on optical satellite imagery from Landsat, Aster, and Sentin...
AWS one boom tripod Edition 3 (deprecated)
AWS one boom tripod Edition 3 (deprecated)
Jun 27, 2022 - Deprecated automatic weather station data
Fausto, Robert S.; Van As, Dirk; Mankoff, Kenneth D., 2022, "AWS one boom tripod Edition 3 (deprecated)", https://doi.org/10.22008/FK2/8SS7EW, GEUS Dataverse, V2
PROMICE AWS edition 3 (deprecated). Automatic weather stations (AWS) data from the Greenland ice sheet. Data are collected from the one level tripod design that floats on the ice in the ablation area. See Related Publication for more information. This dataset is not maintained an...
Historical surface mass balance measurements from the ice-sheet ablation area and local glaciers
Jun 23, 2022 - Nature and climate
Machguth, Horst, 2022, "Historical surface mass balance measurements from the ice-sheet ablation area and local glaciers", https://doi.org/10.22008/FK2/5VNBQA, GEUS Dataverse, V1
These are historical surface mass balance measurements from the Greenland Ice Sheet ablation area and surrounding local glaciers. There are approximately 3000 unique measurements from 46 sites. The earliest measurements are from 1892. Each measurement is accompanied with position...
Ice Discharge(PROMICE)
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Jun 3, 2022
If you are using the "1986 through 2017" data, you should cite V1 of this paper Greenland Ice Sheet solid ice discharge from 1986 through 2017 https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-769-2019 If you are using the "1986 through last month" data, you should cite V2 of this paper Greenland...
Ice velocity(PROMICE)
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Jun 2, 2022
Ice velocity maps of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Freshwater Runoff(GEUS)
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Jun 2, 2022
Greenland streams, outlets, basins, and runoff. Daily freshwater runoff from MAR and RACMO RCMs partitioned by each basin to each outlet from 1958 through 2019. Dataset: https://doi.org/10.22008/promice/freshwater Paper: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2811-2020 Code: https://git...
Student reports(Department of Glaciology and Climate, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland)
Jun 2, 2022
This dataverse contains student reports related to the monitoring of the Greenland ice sheet.
Automatic weather stations(GEUS)
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Jun 2, 2022
Automatic weather stations (AWS) data from both the accumulation area (two boom product) and the ablation area (one boom product) on the Greenland ice sheet. Please download the data with the highest edition number for the latest developments and data.
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