Borehole Temperatures from the North Slope of Alaska, 1977-2002

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Data Contributors OSTERKAMP, THOMAS E. Parameters ACTIVE LAYER PERMAFROST SOIL TEMPERATURE Instruments TEMPERATURE PROFILERS

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This data set contains temperatures collected from boreholes on the North Slope of Alaska at 23 sites between 1977 and 2002. Most data fall into a date range of 1983-2001. The data consist of manually measured temperature profiles.

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Data Citation

Osterkamp, T. 1999, updated 2004. Borehole temperatures from the North Slope of Alaska, 1977-2002. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.

See Also

• Daily Air and Active Layer Temperatures From Permafrost Observatories in Alaska, 1986-2001
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