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Created: 2013-11-22 09:12:28
Modified: 2014-03-07 14:01:49

Active: Yes
Country:Sweden
Site:Abisko
GTN-P:SE 06
TC-Code:KF-2
Responsible Countries: Sweden,
Timezone:UTC/GMT +01:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Shrub Tundra
Responsible Person:Margareta Johansson

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

-0.16ºC

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

5 m

Year or 12 month interval for mean reported above

2008-2009

 

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 Scientific Research Station 68°21'N,18°49'E, distance ~2 km (data available but it is not my data)

Depth:13 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Drilling Method:With a big drilling machine – I don’t the name of it, but I enclose a photo(?)
Date Drilled:01. Jan 2008
Type:Road
Distance From Road:100 m
Type:Stream
Distance From Heat:3 m
Other Disturbance:Gravel road
Distance From Heat:100 m
Slope:4 °
Aspect:211.3 °
Permafrost Thickness:11 m
Permafrost Zone:Discontinuous
Vegetation:Peat mire
Landform:Peat plateau
Lithology:Lacustrine sediments, silt and approximately 70 cm thick peat layer, medium ice content volume
Morphology:Valley
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Bibliographic References
Johansson M, Akerman HJ, Jonasson C, Christensen TR, Callaghan, TV. 2008. Increasing Permafrost Temperatures in Subarctic Sweden. In: Kane, D.L. Hinkel, K.M (eds). Ninth International Conference on Permafrost. Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks (Vol. I). pp.851-856.
Akerman HJ, Johansson M, 2008. Thawing permafrost and thicker active layers in Sub-arctic Sweden. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 19(3): 279-292.

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Longitude:18.872 °
Latitude:68.35098 °
Elevation:349.00094604 m
EPSG:4326
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