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Created: 2014-01-22 10:37:46
Modified: 2014-02-27 15:33:53

Active: No
Country:Italy
Site:Stelvio Pass
GTN-P:IT 01
Responsible Countries: Italy,
Timezone:UTC/GMT +01:00 hours
Vegetation Type:Other
Responsible Person:Mauro Guglielmin
MAGT (C) -2,2
MAGT_DEPTH (m) 13,0
MAGT_DATE sept.-98

MEAN ANNUAL GROUND TEMPERATURE AT OR NEAR DEPTH OF ZERO ANNUAL AMPLITUDE (°C) – -2.2°C

Depth of zero annual amplitude 13m ca

Year or 12 month interval for mean reported above: september 1998-september 1999

 

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 [ ] No[X]

 

NAME AND LOCATION OF CLOSEST CLIMATE STATION (same location of the borehole,) mean monthly air temperature : -3.7°C and snow depth : 64.3 cm 

Depth:100.3 m
Drilling Angle:90 °
Diameter:7.8 cm
Deepest Sensor:100 m
Drilling Method:rotopercussion with cold compressed air
Date Drilled:01. Jan 1998
Type:offroad vehicle only in the summer season
Distance From Road:2500 m
Slope:10 °
Aspect:0 °
Permafrost Thickness:>220 m
Permafrost Zone:Mountain
Vegetation:pioneer alpine vegetation
Landform:subrounded summit with dolostone and limestone outcropping. Hystorical documents report a small glacier (Livrio Glacier) covered the area until 1908 A.D.
Lithology:dolostone outcropping with limestone intercalations, ice volume variable between very low to medium
Morphology:Top of hill or ridge
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Bibliographic References
Guglielmin M. and Dramis F., Permafrost analysis and paleoclimate, in preparation.

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Longitude:10.476389 °
Latitude:46.516389 °
Elevation:3000 m
EPSG:4326
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