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Created: 2014-01-09 10:04:21
Modified: 2014-02-11 16:05:09

Active: No
Country:Canada
Site:Yukon
GTN-P:CA 81
Responsible Countries: Canada,
Timezone:UTC/GMT -07:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Shrub Tundra
Responsible Person:Antoni Lewkowicz
MAGT  (C) : -0.3
MAGT Depth (m) : 5.0
MAGT Date/ Period : Aug 30 2007 - Aug 29 2008

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

-0.3°C at 5 m depth for 2008-09

 

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

Whitehorse    60˚42.600N 135˚4.200W

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

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

Depth:6.9 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Deepest Sensor:6.85 m
Drilling Method:Water Jet Drill
Date Drilled:01. Jan 2004
Type:helicopter
Type:fen
Distance From Heat:0 m
Slope:9 °
Aspect:291.6 °
Permafrost Thickness:6.9 m
Permafrost Zone:Sporadic
Vegetation:Scrub birch, willow, grasses, mosses. Most of the vegetation is approx. 1 m tall.
Landform:This part of the valley is a fen, with many other palsas nearby.
Lithology:High ice content as it is in an area with lots of water available and necessary for palsa development.
Morphology:located on a palsa in a valley
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Longitude:-135.2225 °
Latitude:60.495 °
Elevation:1233.856445 m
EPSG:4326
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