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Created: 2014-01-20 10:47:06
Modified: 2015-11-25 16:32:42

Active: Yes
Country:Finland
Site:Vaisjeaggi
GTN-P:FN 01
Responsible Countries: Finland,
Timezone:UTC/GMT +02:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Forest Tundra
Responsible Person:Jan Hjort
MAGT (C) -0,2
MAGT_DEPTH (m) 3,3
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

Range (if applicable) of mean annual ground temperature over observation period (°C) (0.5 m = active layer) 1.0 m – 3.3. m = 0.42°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 [ ] 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

Kevo Meteorological Station (69°45’N, 27°01’E; 107 m a.s.l.); 10 km

Depth:3.3 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Drilling Method:Portable drilling machine (Geo, Professional Hand Boring, K. S. R., Geo Service)
Date Drilled:01. Jan 2008
Type:road
Distance From Road:500 m
Type:river
Distance From Heat:100 m
Slope:2 °
Aspect:313.9 °
Permafrost Thickness:>3 m
Permafrost Zone:Sporadic
Landform:Mature stage palsa hummock with surface cracks, height = ca. 2.5; Deglaciation of the valley occurred at about 9900 yr BP; Mire initiation recorded at four studied sites took place between 8240 and 5210 yr BP; First permafrost aggradation = ca. 2460 yr BP (Oksanen, 2006).
Lithology:Precambrian peneplain, (granite) gneiss bedrock, sandy ablation tills and small occurrences of glaciofluvial deposits, no permafrost in mineral soil in valley (only below palsas).
Morphology:Not measured, relatively flat (on top of palsa). Valley.
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Bibliographic References
Nykänen, H., Heikkinen, J.E.P., Pirinen, L., Tiilikainen, K. Martikainen, P. J., 2003. Annual CO2 exchange and CH4 fluxes on a subarctic palsa mire during climatically different years. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17: 1-18.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2002gb001861
Seppälä, M., 1982. An experimental study of the formation of the palsas. In: French, H.M. (ed.). 4th Canadian Permafrost Conference, Proceedings, 3642. National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400022166
Seppälä, M., 1995. How to make a palsa: a field experiment on formation of permafrost. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplement-Band, 99: 9196.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/zfgsuppl/99/1995/91
Seppälä M., 2003. An experimental climate change study of the effect of increasing snow cover on active layer of a palsa, Finnish Lappland. In: PhillipsM., Springman, S.M. Arenson, L.U. Permafrost, Eight international conference, Proceedings, 10131016. A.A. Balkema Publishers, Lisse.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000030009
Seppälä, M., 1994. Snow depth controls palsa growth. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 5: 283288.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.3430050407
Oksanen, P.O., 2006. Holocene development of the Vaisjeäggi palsa mire, Finnish Lapland. Boreas 35, 8195.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03009480500359103
Seppälä, M., 1990. Depth of snow and frost on a palsa mire, Finnish Lapland. Geografiska Annaler, 72A: 191201.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/521114

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Longitude:27.1671 °
Latitude:69.8219 °
Elevation:291 m
EPSG:4326
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