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Created: 2014-01-23 09:03:48
Modified: 2014-02-13 12:11:54

Active: No
Country:Canada
Site:Alexandria Fiord
CALM-Code:C1
Responsible Countries: Canada,
Timezone:UTC/GMT -05:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Tundra
Responsible Person:Greg Henry
Type:Grid
Nodes:121
Rows:11
Columns:11
Offset:10 m

DESCRIPTION OF AREA CONTAINING SITE:

The site is located at Alexandra Fiord on the east-central side of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada at 78.54N 75.55W, 30 m elevation asl. The site was established as part of the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) project.

SAMPLING DESIGN AND METHOD:

100-m grid consists of a square array of surveyed permanent stakes separated by 10 m. Sampling was conducted by manual probing at each stake. The active layer was not measured at locations where grid points intersect rocks or large water ponds.

For other data and information refer to ITEX webpage:  http://www.geog.ubc.ca/itex/

Aspect:0
Permafrost Zone:Continuous
Vegetation:Dwarf Shrub Heath, dominated by Cassiope tetragona
Landform:High arctic lowland, glacial outwash plain
Lithology:Orthic Eutric Static Cryosol
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Longitude:-75.91666667 °
Latitude:78.88002308 °
Elevation:0 m
EPSG:4326
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