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Created: 2014-01-09 15:53:52
Modified: 2016-10-20 15:12:27

Active: No
Country:Canada
Site:Ellesmere Island
GTN-P:CA 44
Responsible Countries: Canada,
Timezone:UTC/GMT -05:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Polar Desert
Responsible Person:Sharon Smith

MEAN ANNUAL GROUND TEMPERATURE AT OR NEAR DEPTH OF ZERO ANNUAL AMPLITUDE (°C) – report  value for most recent year or 12 month interval  -14.1 °C

Depth of zero annual amplitude (or depth of measurement reported above)  (m) 32.92 m

Year or 12 month interval for mean reported above 2000

Range (if applicable) of mean annual ground temperature over observation period (°C)

-14.35 to –14.1  (1979-2000)

Closest Weather Station : Alert 82.518°N 62.281°W

 

 

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

Air temperature: Yes [x] No [ ] daily  Snow thickness: Yes[x] No[ ] monthly-quarterly Density: Yes [ ] No[x]

Depth:67.3 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Deepest Sensor:57.3 m
Date Drilled:01. Jan 1978
Type:truck from CFS Alert
Type:Truck from CFS Alert
Slope:2 °
Aspect:45 °
Permafrost Thickness:>600 m
Permafrost Zone:Continuous
Vegetation:Polar desert
Landform:Till moraine veneer, plateau
Lithology:0-2.4m Overburden (till) and shattered rock infilled with ice up to 2 cm thick, 2.4-12.8m Argillite, 12.8-60m Greywacke, some ice up to 2 cm around 18 and 38m
Morphology:Plateau
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Longitude:-62.41666667 °
Latitude:82.5 °
Elevation:64.73867798 m
EPSG:4326
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