scholarly journals Permafrost ground temperature data synthesis: 2013-2019 Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway region, Northwest Territories

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Ensom ◽  
S V Kokelj ◽  
P D Morse ◽  
K Kamo McHugh
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Temperature Data ◽  
Ground Temperature ◽  
Data Synthesis ◽  
Permafrost Ground

scholarly journals Ground thermal regime in the vicinity of relict rock glaciers (Cantabrian Mountains, NW Spain)

Finisterra ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (87) ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Santos-González ◽  
Rosa González-Gutiérrez ◽  
Amélia Gómes-Villar ◽  
José Redondo-Vega
Keyword(s):  
Snow Cover ◽  
Thermal Regime ◽  
Strong Influence ◽  
Temperature Data ◽  
Ground Temperature ◽  
Cantabrian Mountains ◽  
Nw Spain ◽  
Freeze Thaw ◽  
Rock Glaciers ◽  
Frost Penetration

Ground temperature data obtained from 2002 to 2007 in sites near relict rock glaciers in the cantabrian mountains, at altitudes between 1500 and 2300 meters is analysed. Snow cover lasted between 3 and 9 months and had a strong influence on the thermal regime. When snow was present, the soil was normally frozen in the first 5 to 10 cm, but daily freeze-thaw cycles were rare. In well developed soils located at sunny faces frost penetration rarely reached more than 10 cm. on the contrary in shady and windy faces with scarce snow cover, frost penetration reached, at least, 40 cm. In persistent snow patches the temperature was stable at 0 ºc, even in relict rock glaciers, where subnival winter air fluxes appear to have been very rare.

scholarly journals NORPERM, the Norwegian Permafrost Database – a TSP NORWAY IPY legacy

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Juliussen ◽  
H. H. Christiansen ◽  
G. S. Strand ◽  
S. Iversen ◽  
K. Midttømme ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal State ◽  
Ground Surface ◽  
Temperature Data ◽  
Ground Temperature ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
International Polar Year ◽  
Standard Format ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
Data Loggers

Abstract. NORPERM – The Norwegian Permafrost Database was developed at the Geological Survey of Norway during the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007–2009 as the main data legacy of the IPY research project Permafrost Observatory Project: A Contribution to the Thermal State of Permafrost in Norway and Svalbard (TSP NORWAY). This paper describes the structural and technical design of NORPERM. NORPERM follows the IPY data policy of open, free, full and timely release of IPY data, and the borehole metadata description follows the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) standard. The ground temperature data infrastructure in Norway and Svalbard is also presented, focussing on the TSP NORWAY permafrost observatory installations in the North Scandinavian Permafrost Observatory and Nordenskiöld Land Permafrost Observatory, as the data providers for NORPERM. Further developments of the database, possibly towards a regional database for the Nordic area, are also discussed. The purpose of NORPERM is to store ground temperature data safely and in a standard format for use in future research. NORPERM stores temperature time series from various depths in boreholes and from the air, snow cover, ground-surface or upper ground layer recorded by miniature temperature data-loggers, and temperature profiles with depth in boreholes obtained by occasional manual logging. It contains all the temperature data from the TSP NORWAY research project, totalling 32 boreholes and 98 sites with miniature temperature data-loggers for continuous monitoring of micrometeorological conditions, and 6 temperature depth profiles obtained by manual borehole logging. The amount of data in the database will gradually increase as data from older, previous projects are added. NORPERM also provides links to near real-time permafrost temperatures obtained by GSM data transfer.

scholarly journals Are paleoclimate model ensembles consistent with the MARGO data synthesis?

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 775-807 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Hargreaves ◽  
A. Paul ◽  
R. Ohgaito ◽  
A. Abe-Ouchi ◽  
J. D. Annan
Keyword(s):  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Sea Surface Temperature ◽  
Temperature Data ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Data Synthesis ◽  
The North ◽  
Weak Evidence ◽  
Observational Uncertainty ◽  
Model Ensembles ◽  
Surface Temperature Data

Abstract. We investigate the consistency of various ensembles of model simulations with the Multiproxy Approach for the Reconstruction of the Glacial Ocean Surface (MARGO) sea surface temperature data synthesis. We discover that while two multi-model ensembles, created through the Paleoclimate Model Intercomparison Projects (PMIP and PMIP2), pass our simple tests of reliability, an ensemble based on parameter variation in a single model does not perform so well. We show that accounting for observational uncertainty in the MARGO database is of prime importance for correctly evaluating the ensembles. Perhaps surprisingly, the inclusion of a coupled dynamical ocean (compared to the use of a slab ocean) does not appear to cause a wider spread in the sea surface temperature anomalies, but rather causes systematic changes with more heat transported north in the Atlantic. There is weak evidence that the sea surface temperature data may be more consistent with meridional overturning in the North Atlantic being similar for the LGM and the present day, however, the small size of the PMIP2 ensemble prevents any statistically significant results from being obtained.

scholarly journals Permafrost presence and distribution in the Chic-Chocs Mountains, Gaspésie, Québec

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 299-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
James T. Gray ◽  
Roger J. E. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Ground Surface ◽  
Drill Hole ◽  
Temperature Data ◽  
Ground Temperature ◽  
Flow Data ◽  
Conductivity Measurements ◽  
Profile Data ◽  
Ground Surface Temperature ◽  
Permafrost Table ◽  
Mean Annual Air Temperature

Ground temperature studies, begun in 1977, revealed the presence of permafrost at the summit of Mont Jacques-Cartier (1270 m), in Gaspésie. Temperature profile data to a depth of 30 m in a drill hole indicates an active layer slightly thicker than 5.75 m, overlying a permafrost body extending beyond the base of the hole. Downward extrapolation of the profile, based on heat flow data and thermal conductivity measurements show that this permafrost body is from 45-60 m thick. That the permafrost is contemporary is indicated by the proximity of the permafrost table to the surface, by the low mean annual air temperature for the site (-3°C to -5°C), and by the lack of a thick insulative blanket of snow in the winter. A mean annual ground surface temperature of -1°C to -1.5°C is estimated for the site. The Mont Jacques-Cartier data enabled a regional lower limit of 1,000 — 1,100 m to be established for extensive permafrost in the Chic-Chocs Mountains in treeless exposed situations. A limited amount of ground temperature data from Mont Logan and Mont Albert tends to confirm the validity of this regional limit, which was then used, in association with our knowledge of the vegetation cover, to map the distribution of extensive permafrost bodies for the entire eastern Chic-Chocs Mountains. Although not observed in this study, permafrost may exist below this regional limit, in either coarse debris accumulations, or in organic terrains at high altitudes subject to sufficiently thick accumulations of peat

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