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Created: 2014-02-28 13:49:00
Modified: 2014-03-03 11:58:28

Active: No
Country:Norway
Site:Dovrefjell
Responsible Countries: Norway,
Timezone:UTC/GMT +01:00 hours
Vegetation Type:No Vegetation
Responsible Person:Ketil Isaksen

GTN-P code NO 41?

 

Permafrost present but thickness unknown.

 

AIR TEMPERATURE AND SNOW COVER THICKNESS/DENSITY MEASUREMENTS AT THE BOREHOLE SITE (indicate frequency of observations):

Air temperature: Yes [X] No [ ]    Snow thickness: Yes[ ] No[X]   Density: Yes [ ] No[X]

Depth:10 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Deepest Sensor:8.5 m
Drilling Method:Hammer
Date Drilled:01. Jan 2001
Type:road
Distance From Road:0 m
Slope:6 °
Aspect:144.3 °
Permafrost Zone:Mountain
Vegetation:mountain tundra/no vegetation? (assessed with the help of Google Earth photos; Kerstin Gillen).
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Bibliographic References
Isaksen, K., Hauck, C., Gudevang, E., Ødegård, R.S. Sollid, J.L. 2002. Mountain permafrost distribution on Dovrefjell and Jotunheimen, southern Norway, based on BTS and DC resistivity tomography data. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography 56(2): 122-136.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/002919502760056459
Ødegård, R.S., Isaksen, K., Eiken, T. Sollid, J.L. 2008. MAGST in mountain permafrost, Dovrefjell, southern Norway, 2001-2006. Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, 1311-1315. Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ad0660310
Sollid, J.L., Isaksen, K., Eiken, T. Ødegård, R.S. 2003. The transition zone of mountain permafrost on Dovrefjell, southern Norway. Eight International Conference on Permafrost, Proceedings, Zurich, Switzerland, 1085-1089.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.728

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Longitude:9.39277778 °
Latitude:62.29277778 °
Elevation:1399.6451416 m
EPSG:4326
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