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Active Layer Monitoring, Arctic and Subarctic Canada

Entry ID: ggd353

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Summary

Abstract: This project involves measuring regional and site variability in maximum annual active layer development and vertical surface movement over permafrost, and monitoring sites over time in order to observe trends. The project records maximum thaw penetration, maximum heave and subsidence, late season snow depths, current depth of thaw, elevation, and soil properties. Some sites are twinned with soil- ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 69.72

S: 61.88

E: -121.6

W: -134.95

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: F. Mark Nixon

Dataset Title: Active Layer Monitoring, Arctic and Subarctic Canada

Dataset Release Date: 2006-01-01

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Version: 6

Other Citation Details: updated January 2009

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/ggd353.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1991-01-01

Stop Date: 2007-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC CANADA, INCLUDING 10 CANADIAN

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > SOILS > PERMAFROST

AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Ancillary Keywords

Active Layer

Geocryology

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

NSIDC_FGDC

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: GGD353

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/wdc/
Dataset ID: GGD353

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Frozen Ground Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/fgdc/
Dataset ID: GGD353

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC FGDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 865 KB

Distribution Format: RTF

Personnel

F. MARK NIXON

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 613-992-2469

Fax: 613-992-0190

Email: mnixon at nrcan-rncan.gc.ca

Contact Address:

Geological Survey of Canada

191- 601 rue Booth Street

City: Ottawa

Province or State: Ontario

Postal Code: K1A 0E8

Country: Canada

R. MACKAY

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 604-822-2663

Fax: 604-822-6150

Contact Address:

University of British Columbia

Department of Geography

217-1984 West Mall

City: Vancouver

Province or State: BC

Postal Code: V6T 1Z2

Country: Canada

Publications/References

Aylsworth, J.M., and P.A. Egginton. 1994. Sensitivity of slopes to climate change. Mackenzie Basin Impact Study, Interim report #2, Proceedings of the sixth biennial AES/DIAND meeting on northern climate & mid study workshop of the Mackenzie basin impact study. Environment Canada. Dyke, L.D., 2000. Stability of permafrost slopes in the Mackenzie Valley; In The Physical Environment of the ... Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories: A Base Line for the Assessment of Environmental Change, Dyke LD, Brooks GR (eds). Bulletin 547, Geological Survey of Canada, p. 161¬ñ169. Edlund, S.A., B.T. Alt, and K.L. Young. 1989. Interaction of climate, vegetation, and soil hydrology at Hot Weather Creek, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories. In Current Research 1989-D. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Hinzman, L.D., and D.L. Kane. 1992. Potential response of an arctic watershed during a period of global warming. Journal of Geophysical Research 97(D3): 2811-2820. Kokelj S.V. and C.R. Burn, 2005. Geochemistry of the active layer and near-surface permafrost, Mackenzie delta region, Northwest Territories, Canada; Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 42(1), p. 37-48. Mackay, J.R. 1976. Ice-wedges as indicators of recent climatic change, western Arctic coast. In Current Research 1976-A. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Mackay, J.R. 1975. The stability of permafrost and recent climatic change in the Mackenzie Valley, N.W.T. In Report of Activities, Part B, Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 75-1B. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Mackay, J.R. 1973. A frost tube for the determination of freezing in the active layer above permafrost. Canadian Geotechnical Journal 10: 392-396. Nixon, F.M. 2000. Thaw-depth monitoring. In Physical Environment of the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories: a Base Line for the Assessment of Environmental Change, L.D. Dyke and G.R. Brooks, eds. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 547: 119-126. Nixon, F.M., and A.E. Taylor. 1998. Regional active layer monitoring across the sporadic, discontinuous and continuous permafrost zones, Mackenzie Valley, northwestern Canada. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Permafrost, Yellowknife. Nixon, F.M., A.E. Taylor, V.S. Allen, and F. Wright. 1995. Active layer monitoring in natural environments, lower Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories. In Current Research 1995-B. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Nixon, F.M., and A.E. Taylor. 1994. Active layer monitoring in natural environments, Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories. In Current Research 1994-B. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Nixon, F.M., C. Tarnocai, and L. Kutny. 2003. Long-term active layer monitoring: Mackenzie Valley, northwest Canada. In Permafrost, Vol. 2, M. Philips, S. Springman, and L.U. Arenson, eds. Lisse, The Netherlands: A.A. Balkema Publishers, Swets & Zeitlinger. Smith, S.L., M.M. Burgess, and F.M. Nixon. 2001. Response of active-layer and permafrost temperatures to warming during 1998 in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories and at Canadian Forces Station Alert and Baker Lake, Nunavut. In Current Research 2001-E5. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Tarnocai C., F.M. Nixon, and L. Kutny. 2004. Circumpolar Active-Layer Monitoring (CALM) sites in the Mackenzie Valley, northwestern Canada. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 15(2): 141-153. Quinton WL, Shirazi T, Carey SK, Pomeroy JW., 2005. Soil water storage and active-layer development in a sub-alpine tundra hillslope, southern Yukon Territory, Canada; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 16: p. 369¬ñ382. Waelbroeck, C., P. Monfray, W.C. Oechel, S. Hastings, and G. Vourlitis. 1997. The impact of permafrost thawing on the carbon dynamics of tundra. Geophysical Research Letters 24: 229-232. Wolfe, S.A., E. Kotler, and F.M. Nixon. 2000. Recent warming impacts in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, and northern Yukon Territory coastal areas. In Current Research 2000-B1. Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Document is available online at: http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/bookstore/.

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Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-01-24

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