Note: This data set was first published on the 1998 CAPS CD.
The text for this document was taken unchanged from that CD.

See also Description of Data Files.

Active layer monitoring, Mackenzie Valley, Canada

Summary:

3 stations are along a 1400 km north-south transect in the Mackenzie River Valley, NWT, Canada. Soil temperatures measured at 2.5, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 150 cm. Air temperatures monitored with a thermistor in either a Stevenson screen or Gill multi-plate radiation shield. XL-800 8-channel logger for soil and air temperatures. Readings every 3 hours on the hour. Latitude/longitude and elevation determined by GPS. Accuracy is +/- 1 minute for latitude/longitude, +/- 30 m for elevation.

These stations are part of the IPA's Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) Program network. They are Parsons Lake, site P-1, CALM C6; Pump Station, site PS-1, CALM C10; Great Bear River, site 3A-1, CALM C12. Data from these three CALM sites are included on the CAPS CD-ROM version 1, June 1998.

Please cite these data as follows:

Tarnocai, C. 1998. Active layer monitoring, Mackenzie Valley, Canada. In: International Permafrost Association, Data and Information W orking Group, comp. Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System (CAPS), version 1.0. CD-ROM available from National Snow and Ice Data Center, nsidc@kryos.colorado.edu. Boulder, Color ado: NSIDC, University of Colorado at Boulder.