Baker Lake

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Created: 2014-01-30 15:23:03
Modified: 2014-02-07 01:40:02

Active: No
Country:Canada
Site:Baker Lake
CALM-Code:C20
Responsible Countries: Canada,
Timezone:UTC/GMT -05:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Tundra
Responsible Person:Sharon Smith
Type:Borehole
Nodes:
Borehole Depth:3 m

 

Measure method description :

Active-Layer Thickness is inferred from ground temperature profile measurements.  ALT values are presented in summary table.

Mean Active layer thawing (cm) :

1997

120

1998

170

1999

174

2000

189

2001

193

2002

TBA

soil temp. measurements (year started)

1997

soil moisture measurements (year started)

No

general description of soil moisture (dry, moist, wet, saturated)

NA

soil texture: if non organic describe texture, if organic indicate thicknesss of organic layer (cm)

Coarse gravels and sands (0 Ð 15cm peat layer on top)

mean annual air temp*

-11.8 C

mean May air temp

-5.8 C

mean June air temp

4.9 C

mean July air temp

11.4 C

mean August air temp

9.5 C

mean September air temp

2.5 C

total annual precip (mm)

270.4

number of snow covered days

251

surface area of measurement (ha)

NA, point measurements

mean altitude (m)

~50m

min altitude

NA

max altitude (m)

NA

type of major disturbance

none

date of major disturbance

NA

Aspect:0
Permafrost Zone:Continuous
Vegetation:Heath lichen, darf shrub
Landform:Raised degraded beach ridges over granite bedrock
Lithology:Pergelic Cryochrept Coarse gravels and sands (0 Ð 15cm peat layer on top)
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C20 Baker Lake
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Longitude:-95.5 °
Latitude:64.16 °
Elevation:2 m
EPSG:4326
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