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USGS Special No.2

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Created: 2014-01-15 14:43:31
Modified: 2015-10-06 09:38:47

Active: No
Country:United States
Site:Barrow
GTN-P:US 50
Responsible Countries: United States,
Timezone:UTC/GMT -09:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Tundra
Responsible Person:Kenji Yoshikawa

Year drilled: 2001/2002 or 1951? 

MAGT (C) -8,6
MAGT_DATE 2009

MEAN ANNUAL GROUND TEMPERATURE AT OR NEAR DEPTH OF ZERO ANNUAL AMPLITUDE (°C) – report  value for most recent year or 12 month interval -8.9 ºC

Depth of zero annual amplitude (or depth of measurement reported above)  (m) 12m

 

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

Climate Monitoring & Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL) (NOAA) 71.323 ºN, 156.609ºW  1 km from borehole

Mean annual air temp. -9.04ºC (2001)

Snow depth 28.7 cm (April 2002)

Depth:14 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Drilling Method:Year drilled: July 2001(re-occupied) (Aug. 1951). Hot water jetting.
Date Drilled:01. Jan 2002
Type:Walk
Distance From Road:300 m
Aspect:0 °
Permafrost Zone:Continuous
Landform:Ice wedge polygons are located surround this area.
Lithology:Blue clay (125’ deep) with brine was reported in 1951. Upper layer contain ice wedge ice (high ice content).
Morphology:wet polygonal terrain
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Longitude:-156.628333 °
Latitude:71.320833 °
Elevation:4.8024807 m
EPSG:4326
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