| Title | Permafrost science at ESS: a workshop on GSC/CCRS scientific opportunities |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Wolfe, S A
(ed.) |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 6531, 2010, 29 pages; 1 CD-ROM, https://doi.org/10.4095/263373  Open Access |
| Year | 2010 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Meeting | Workshop on GSC/CCRS Scientific Opportunities; Ottawa, ON; CA; November 26, 2009 |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | CD-ROM; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Yukon; Northwest Territories |
| NTS | 95; 96; 106; 107; 116; 117 |
| Area | Herschel Island; Mackenzie Valley; Yukon River Basin; Alaska; Canada; United States of America |
| Lat/Long WENS | -142.0000 -120.0000 70.0000 60.0000 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; geophysics; engineering geology; environmental geology; permafrost; freezing ground; ground ice; ground temperatures; terrain sensitivity; terrain types; terrain
analysis; arctic geology; remote sensing; satellite imagery; modelling; ecosystems; mapping techniques; landslide deposits; landslides; slope deposits; slope failures; slope stability; environmental impacts; environmental studies |
| Illustrations | tables; satellite images; photographs; location maps |
| Released | 2010 04 19 |
| Abstract | The permafrost region occupies approximately half of Canada's land mass. Knowledge of the distribution of permafrost and its physical properties is critical for understanding terrain stability in Arctic
environments and is required information for any sort of infrastructure development (community, transportation or natural resource sector). This knowledge is becoming increasingly important as climate changes, since the distribution and
characteristics of permafrost are highly correlated with climatic conditions.
The Earth Science Sector (ESS) provides Canada with multi-disciplinary permafrost expertise. Researchers at Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) apply information
and data from a range of satellites to assist in mapping and better understanding permafrost environments as well as conducting change-detection studies. Researchers at the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) employ a variety of field-based and thermal
monitoring techniques to characterize permafrost and better understand terrain processes that may result under a changing climate. Both groups utilize various numerical modelling techniques to explain observed phenomena and to predict future
conditions.
This workshop on Permafrost Science was convened to highlight the various types of permafrost expertise in ESS. In addition, this workshop identified gaps and possible opportunities for new collaborative permafrost research. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 263373 |
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