NUK04008-808a*

Created: 2014-01-15 15:56:12
Modified: 2016-10-22 09:23:52

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

Permafrost thickness approximately 0.9-4 m.

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

Sensor at 1.5 m, MAGT 2008: -0.09 °C

Maximum minus minimum temperature at 1.5 m, 2008:  0.1 °C

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 [X] No[ ]

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 –

Asiaq 808 Qinngorput:    51°39’60.0”W  64°09’59.6”N   37.9 meters ASL.

MAAT 2008: -1.86 °C