Preliminary Assessment of a Friction-Sleeve-Equipped Minipenetrometer

Assessing mass balance with the cone penetration test

“…McCallum and Looijen (2017), discussing friction-sleeve-equipped mini penetrometer data from Greenland, also suggested that a quantitative relationship existed between penetrometer sleeve friction and snow density. However, because no additional CPT friction-sleeve data for snow exist, definitive quantitative analysis is not currently possible (McCallum, 2016).…”

“…Studies in Greenland (McCallum and Looijen, 2017) and Antarctica (McCallum (2014b) and McCallum (2016)) have examined the relationship between CPT sleeve friction and snow density and a positive qualitative correlation is evident (Fig. 3).…”