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Created: 2014-01-27 10:23:57
Modified: 2014-01-27 11:33:51

Active: No
Country:Russia
Site:Cherskii
CALM-Code:R18
Responsible Countries: Russia,
Timezone:UTC/GMT +11:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Forest Tundra
Responsible Person:David A. Gilichinsky
Type:Grid
Nodes:121
Rows:11
Columns:11
Offset:10 m

The Site is placed on transit part of mountain slope. Tributary of first order (by Horton’s classification) crosses Site from East to West. Landscape: boundary of sparse forest and alpine tundra. Small flat hillock microrelief of surface. Vegetation: shrub- dwarf shrub-moss-lichen with alone trees of larch. The level of water table changes from 0 to surface.

CLOSEST CLIMATE STATION (name, lat./long.); INCLUDE MONTHLY AIR TEMP. AND SNOW DEPTH FOR YEARS OF CALM MEASUREMENTS: Cherskii : Meteorological Station. 68o44’20’ N, 161o22’ E.

Slope:3 °
Aspect:247.5
Permafrost Zone:Continuous
Vegetation:Shrub-moss-lichen-grass tundra with sparse larch
Landform:Gentle west-southwest slope
Lithology:Peaty Gleyzem, Gleyic Cryozem soils (loamy) Silt-covered sandy loam with rare detritus
Description:General description of soil moisture : moist
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Bibliographic References
Fyodorov-Davydov, D.G.,Sorokovikov, V.A.,Ostroumov, V.E.,Kholodov, A.L.,Mitroshin, I.A.,Mergelov, N.S.,Davydov, S.P.,Zimov, S.A. Davydova, A.I. 2004. Spatial and Temporal Observations of Seasonal Thaw in the Northern Kolyma Lowland. Polar Geography 28 (4): 308-325.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/789610208
Fyodorov-Davydov D.G., A.L. Kholodov, V.E. Ostroumov, G.N. Kraev, V.A. Sorokovikov, S.P. Davydov, and A.A. Merekalova. 2008. Seasonal Thaw of Soils in the North Yakutian Ecosystems. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Permafrost, Fairbanks, Alaska, June 29 - July 3, 2008, Vol. 1,481-486.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/789610208

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Longitude:161.5038333 °
Latitude:68.74166667 °
Elevation:152 m
EPSG:4326
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