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General Information

Created: 2013-12-10 00:14:27
Modified: 2014-03-06 13:50:24

Active: No
Country:Svalbard
Site:Svalbard
GTN-P:NO 50
TC-Code:AS-B-1
Responsible Countries: Norway, Svalbard,
Timezone:UTC/GMT +01:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Tundra
Responsible Person:Hanne Hvidtfeldt Christiansen

The borehole is filled with diesel. Drilled in cooperation with Charles Deehr and Tom Osterkamp, Geophysical Institute, Univ. of Alaska.

 

Permafrost present but thickness not known.

 

GROUND TEMPERATURE AT ZERO ANNUAL AMPLITUDE OR AT LOWERMOST THERMISTOR

Hydro Year; Locality in borehole ;  Depth(m);  Temp. ; Max-min ;  Days

2003-2004 ; Lowermost thermistor ;    -9.53 ; -7.595 ;    2.59 ;   191

2004-2005 ; Lowermost thermistor ;    -9.53 ; -6.555 ;    0.51 ;   365

2005-2006 ; Lowermost thermistor ;    -9.53 ; -6.377 ;    0.74 ;   365

2006-2007 ; Lowermost thermistor ;    -9.53 ; -6.066 ;    0.36 ;   360

2007-2008 ; Lowermost thermistor ;    -9.53 ; -6.085 ;    0.63 ;   366

2008-2009 ; Lowermost thermistor ;    -9.53 ; -6.027 ;    0.60 ;   365

 

MEASUREMENTS AT THE BOREHOLE SITE

Observation of air temperature: Yes

Observation of snow thickness:  No

 

CLOSEST CLIMATE STATION

Name: Adventdalen weather station

Depth:10 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Deepest Sensor:9.53 m
Drilling Method:Hammer Drilling
Date Drilled:01. Jan 1989
Type:Road
Distance From Road:100 m
Aspect:24.8 °
Permafrost Zone:Continuous
Vegetation:Tundra
Lithology:Upper metres consist of loess deposit. See UNIS course "AT-205 Frozen Ground Engineering" Fieldwork and Labreport spring 2008.
Morphology:Plain
Description:The borehole is filled with diesel. Upper metres consist of loess deposit.
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Longitude:15.8259 °
Latitude:78.2011 °
Elevation:6.01717329 m
EPSG:4326
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