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Permafrost temperature - Old Auroral Station

Entry ID: org.polarresearch-591

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Summary

Abstract: For monitoring of permafrost temperature, this 10m deep borehole was drilled close to the Old Auroral Station in Adventdalen. Drilled in loess deposit. Stratigraphy: 0-1.2m: sand with some gravel 1.2-3m: sand/silt/clay 3-4m: clean ice (ice wedge or thick ice lens?) 4-6m: Mainly clay/silt 6-10m: clay/silt, possibly some sand. Layered. Very low resistance during drilling. Salinity at 10m is 11.8%

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: 78.2	S: 78.2	E: 15.83	W: 15.83
Min Altitude: 9 M Max Altitude: 9 M
Min Depth: 0M Max Depth: 9.85M

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Christiansen

Dataset Title: Permafrost temperature - Old Auroral Station AS-B-2

Data Presentation Form: Online database

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2008-07-30

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN > Adventdalen

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Data Resolution

Horizontal Resolution Range: Point Resolution
Vertical Resolution Range: < 1 meter
Temporal Resolution Range: Hourly - < Daily

Science Keywords

CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST

CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Project

IPY > INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR

TSP-NORWAY > Permafrost Observatory Project: A Contribution to the Thermal State of Permafrost in Norway and Svalbard

Quality Sensor accuracy +/- 0.2 deg.C

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

University Centre in Svalbard

Data Center URL: http://www.unis.no/

Data Center Personnel
Name: HANNE HVIDTFELDT CHRISTIANSEN Phone: 79023320 Email: hanne.christiansen at unis.no Email: hhc at server1.geogr.ku.dk Contact Address: University Centre in Svalbard PB 156 City: Longyearbyen Province or State: Svalbard Postal Code: 9171 Country: Norway

Data Center Personnel
Name: HÅVARD JULIUSSEN Phone: 79023399 Email: havardj at unis.no Contact Address: University Centre in Svalbard, Norway PB 156 City: Longyearbyen Province or State: Svalbard Postal Code: 9171 Country: Norway