| Title | A multisite dataset of near-surface soil temperature, active-layer thickness, and soil and vegetation conditions measured in northwestern Canada, 2016-2017 |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Zhang, Y ; Touzi,
R; Feng, W; Hong, G; Lantz, T C; Kokelj, S V |
| Source | Geomatics Canada, Open File 66, 2021, 11 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/329207  Open Access |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | digital; on-line |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf; rtf; xlsx (Microsoft® Excel®); kmz (Google® Earth®); csv |
| Province | Northwest Territories |
| NTS | 107B/07; 107C/07; 107C/08; 107C/09; 107C/10 |
| Area | Inuvik; Tuktoyaktuk |
| Lat/Long WENS | -133.8000 -133.3333 68.4167 68.2833 |
| Lat/Long WENS | -133.2500 -132.7000 69.8333 69.2500 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; environmental geology; geophysics; Science and Technology; Nature and Environment; permafrost; ground ice; ground temperatures; soils; vegetation; drainage; photography;
modelling; mapping techniques; in-field instrumentation; Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway; Thermochron iButtons®; permafrost thaw; Boreal ecosystems |
| Illustrations | tables; location maps; photographs |
| Program | Canada Centre for Remote Sensing Remote Sensing Science Program - Optical methods and applications |
| Released | 2021 12 02 |
| Abstract | Quantifying and understanding spatial variation in permafrost conditions at the landscape-scale is important for land use planning and assessing the impacts of permafrost thaw. This report documents
detailed field data observed at 110 sites in two areas in northwestern Canada from 2016 to 2017. One area is a northern boreal landscape near Inuvik and the other is a tundra landscape near Tuktoyaktuk. The observations include near-surface soil
temperatures (Tnss) at 107 sites, and active-layer thickness, soil and vegetation conditions at 110 sites. The data set includes the original Tnss records, the calculated daily, monthly, and annual averages of Tnss, soil and vegetation conditions at
these sites, and photographs taken in the field. This data set will be useful for understanding the spatial heterogeneity of permafrost and validating modelling and mapping products. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Permafrost conditions vary across the landscape. It is important to understand this spatial variation for land use planning and assessing the impacts of
permafrost thaw. This report documents the detailed field data observed at 110 sites in two areas in northwestern Canada from 2016 to 2017. One area is a northern boreal landscape near Inuvik and the other is a tundra landscape near Tuktoyaktuk. The
observations include near-surface soil temperatures at 107 sites, summer thaw depths, soil and vegetation conditions at 110 sites. The dataset includes the original temperature records, the calculated daily, monthly and annual averages of the
temperature, vegetation and soil conditions at these sites, and photographs taken in the field. This dataset will be useful for understanding the spatial variations of permafrost and for validating modelling and mapping products. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 329207 |
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