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General Information

Created: 2013-11-25 15:09:29
Modified: 2014-03-06 12:51:50

Active: No
Country:Svalbard
Site:Svalbard
GTN-P:NO 39
TC-Code:GF-B-1
Responsible Countries: Norway, Svalbard,
Timezone:UTC/GMT +01:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Tundra
Responsible Person:Hanne Hvidtfeldt Christiansen

Permafrost present but thickness not known.

 

GROUND TEMPERATURE AT ZERO ANNUAL AMPLITUDE OR AT LOWERMOST THERMISTOR

Hydro Year; Locality in borehole ;  Depth(m);  Temp. ; Max-min ;  Days

2008-2009 ; Lowermost thermistor ;    -5.00 ; -5.3 ;    4.18 ;   365

 

MEASUREMENTS AT THE BOREHOLE SITE

Observation of air temperature: Yes

Observation of snow thickness:  No

 

CLOSEST CLIMATE STATION

Name: Gruvefjellet met.station

Latitude: 78 deg.; 11 min.; 47,9 sec.

Longitude: 15 deg.; 37 min.; 55 sec.

Distance from closest climate station(km.): Gruvefjellet met.station

Depth:5 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Diameter:3.2 cm
Deepest Sensor:5 m
Drilling Method:Hammer Drilling
Date Drilled:01. Jan 2008
Type:Walking
Distance From Road:1000 m
Slope:13 °
Aspect:52.1 °
Permafrost Zone:Continuous
Vegetation:Tundra
Lithology:0.8m regolith removed prior to drilling; Increasing ice content with depth; 0.8-1.3m: Very ice-rich; 1.3-5.5m: Decreasing ice content.
Morphology:Plain. Local Relief: 1m
Description:The borehole has online data transfer via GSM and the last data can be viewed and downloaded from: http://www.unis.no/20_RESEARCH/2060_Online_Env_Data/weatherstations.htm
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Longitude:15.643447 °
Latitude:78.196614 °
Elevation:419.20742798 m
EPSG:4326
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