Active-Layer and Permafrost Temperatures, Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg), Greenland

Data Contributors OLESEN, OLE B. CHRISTIANSEN, HANNE H. VAN TATENHOVE, F.G.M. Parameters FROZEN GROUND > ACTIVE LAYER FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE SOILS > SOIL TEMPERATURE

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This data set contains active-layer and permafrost temperatures from Sisimiut, west Greenland, recorded from 18 sensors at depths of 0.25 m, 0.5 m, 0.75 m, 1 m, 1.25 m, 1.5 m, 1.75 m, 2 m, 2.5 m, 3 m, 3.5 m, 4 m, 4.5 m, 5 m, 6 m, 7 m, 8 m, and 9 m below the surface. Snow depth, snow extent, and surface air temperature were also recorded. Thermometers recorded temperatures once a day from September 1967 to August 1982; however, this data set only contains bi-weekly averages. Data are in tab-delimited ASCII text format and are available via FTP.

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Olesen, O.B., F.G.M. van Tatenhove, H. Hvidtfeldt, and N. Foged. 2003. Active-Layer and Permafrost Temperatures, Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg), Greenland. [indicate subset used]. Copenhagen, Denmark: Greenlandic Geological Survey, GEUS.

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