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Created: 2014-03-07 13:37:30
Modified: 2014-03-07 13:37:30

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Country:Sweden
Site:Abisko
Responsible Countries: Sweden,
Timezone:UTC/GMT +01:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Shrub Tundra
Responsible Person:Jonas Åkerman

MEAN ANNUAL GROUND TEMPERATURE AT OR NEAR DEPTH OF ZERO ANNUAL AMPLITUDE (°C) – report  value for most recent year or 12 month interval –1.5 ºC

 

Depth of zero annual amplitude (or depth of measurement reported above)  (m) 6 m

 

Year or 12 month interval for mean reported above 2002

 

NAME AND LOCATION OF CLOSEST CLIMATE STATION (latitude, longitude, and distance from borehole, km) – provide (if available) mean monthly air temperature and snow depth of reporting interval for mean annual ground temperature  Abisko run by Abisko Scientific Research Station. MAAT –0.6 ºC, snow depth ~60 cm.

Depth:12.6 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Drilling Method:Core jackhammer. Year drilled: 1980, 1993, 1994.
Date Drilled:01. Jan 1980
Type:Road
Distance From Road:1000 m
Type:Lake
Distance From Heat:1000 m
Slope:5 °
Aspect:193.9 °
Permafrost Thickness:9.8 m
Permafrost Zone:Discontinuous
Vegetation:Peat mire surrounded by birch forest
Landform:Peat plateau, plateau palsa
Lithology:Peat mire, top layer of 60 cm peat above glaciolacustrine silts and fine sand
Morphology:Plain
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Longitude:18.87833333 °
Latitude:68.35138889 °
Elevation:357.92654419 m
EPSG:4326
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