DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5745294.v1
title: SAFIRE borehole, AWS and GPS datasets

description: Datasets from the Subglacial Access and Fast Ice Research Experiment (SAFIRE) as published in the paper by Doyle et al. entitled "<i>Physical conditions of fast glacier flow: 1. Measurements from boreholes drilled to the bed of Store Glacier, West Greenland</i>". Please cite this paper if using this data. Citation below.<br>Doyle, S.H., Hubbard, B., Christoffersen, P., Young, T. J., Hofstede, C., Bougamont, M., Box, J. E. & Hubbard, A. 2018. Physical conditions of fast glacier flow: 1. Measurements from boreholes drilled to the bed of Store Glacier, West Greenland, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, </em>DOI: 10.1002/2017JF004529.<br><br>Field site: 30 km from the terminus of Store Glacier in West Greenland (N70° 31' W049° 55', 982 m asl).<i><br></i><b>Contents</b><br><b>1. 2014_aws_timeseries.csv:</b> Hourly time series of near surface air temperature, relative humidity and surface height made by an automated weather station (28 July 2014 to 21 October 2014).<br><b>2. 2016_aws_series.csv: </b>As per dataset (1) for 2016 (12 July 2016 to 23 July 2016).<br><b>3. 2014_melt_timeseries.csv: </b>Daily melt timeseries derived from the AWS measurements of surface height change for 2014 (29 July 2014 to 21 October 2014).<br><b>4. 2016_melt_timeseries.csv: </b>As per dataset (3) for 2016 (12 July 2016 to 23 July 2016).<br><br><b>5. 2014_GPS_timeseries.csv: </b>Timeseries of GPS surface height and velocity at a 30 second interval (3 August 2014 to 9 September 2014).<br><b>6.</b> <b>2016_GPS_timeseries.csv: </b>As per dataset (5) for 2016 (12 July 2016 to 22 July 2016).<br><b>7. 2014_thermistor_profile.csv: </b>Ice temperature profile.<br><b>8. 2014_thermistor_timeseries.csv: </b>Temperature time series from the thermistor string (27 July 2014 to 16 October 2014).<br><b>9. 2014_tilt_timeseries.csv:</b> Timeseries from the tilt sensor string (27 July 2014 to 29 September 2014).<br><b>10. 2014_multiprobe_timeseries.csv: </b>Timeseries of electrical conductivity, temperature, and pressure from the multi-sensor units (M1 and M2) installed in 2014 (28 July 2014 to 18 October 2014).<br><b>11. 2016_multiprobe_timeseries.csv: </b>Time series of electrical conductivity, pressure and turbidity from the multi-sensor unit (M3) installed in 2016 (8 July 2016 to 22 July 2016).<br><br><b>12. 2014_drill_load_record_14b:</b> Time series of load on the drill tower during the drilling of borehole 14b.<br><b>13. 2014_drill_load_record_14c:</b> As per dataset (12) for the drilling of borehole 14c.<br><br><b>14. 2014_drill_load_record_14d:</b> As per dataset (12) for the drilling of borehole 14d.<br><br><b>15. 2016_drill_load_record_16a:</b> As per dataset (12) for the drilling of borehole 16a.<br><br><b>16. 2016_drill_load_record_16c:</b> As per dataset (12) for the drilling of borehole 16c.<br><b><br></b><b>17. 2016_drill_full_record_16a: </b>Timeseries of drill depth, load and speed for the drilling of borehole 16a.<br><b>18. 2016_drill_full_record_16c: </b>As per dataset (17) for the drilling of borehole 16c.<br><br>Please also see the companion paper by Hofstede et al.:<br>Hofstede, C., Christoffersen, P., Hubbard, B., Doyle, S.H., Young, T.J., Diez, A., Eisen, O. & Hubbard, A. Physical conditions of fast glacier flow: 2. Variable extent of anisotropic ice and soft basal sediment from seismic reflection data acquired on Store Glacier, West Greenland, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, </em><em>DOI: </em><i>10.1002/2017JF004297.</i>