General Information
Created: 2014-01-15 15:18:55Modified: 2016-10-22 09:30:39
Active:
No Country: Greenland Site: Kangerlussuaq GTN-P: GL DK US 06 Responsible Countries:
Denmark, Greenland, United States, Timezone: UTC/GMT -03:00 hours Vegetation Type: Tundra Responsible Person: Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen
Borehole and instrumentation is funded by the National Science Foundation under grant no: ARC-0612533: Recent and future permafrost variability, retreat and degradation in Greenland and Alaska: An integrated approach.
Primary project partners:
Vladimir Romanovsky, Permafrost Laboratory, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Niels Foged, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Building 204, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Keld Hornbech Svendsen, Asiaq, Qatserisut 8, P.O.Box 1003, 3900 Nuuk, Greenland
Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen, Danish Meteorological Institute, Lyngbyvej 100, 2100 København Ø, Denmark
MAGT (C)
-1,6
MAGT_DEPTH (m)
4,0
MAGT_DATE
2007
Missing data 2007-08-04 to 08-30
Permafrost present but thickness not known.
MEAN ANNUAL GROUND TEMPERATURE AT OR NEAR DEPTH OF ZERO ANNUAL AMPLITUDE (°C) – report value for most recent year or 12 month interval
Deepest sensor at 6.75 m, MAGT 2007-08-01 to 2008-08-01: -1.63 °C
Maximum minus minimum temperature at 6.75 m, 2007-08-01 to 2008-08-01 : 0.66 °C
NB: Month of August 2007 missing from dataset due to data logger mal function. The stated mean annual temperatures should therefore be considered approximate, and true temperature would be higher.
AIR TEMPERATURE AND SNOW COVER THICKNESS/DENSITY MEASUREMENTS AT THE BOREHOLE SITE (indicate frequency of observations):
Air temperature: Yes [X ] No [ ] Snow thickness: Yes[ ] No[X ] Density: Yes [ ] No[X ]
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 –
DMI 04231 Kangerlussuaq: 50°42’W 67°01’N Elevation unknown.
MAAT 2008: -4.4 °C
(Reference: Danish Meteorological Institute (2009): Vejrarkiv, Kangerlussuaq, 2008. Web-page: www.dmi.dk/dmi/vejrarkiv-gl?region=6&year=2008&month=12)
