Permafrost, palsas and frost-crack polygons, Salluit, Quebec, Canada

Data Contributors ALLARD, MICHEL KASPAR, JENNIFER N. Parameters ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS FROZEN GROUND > PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE SNOW/ICE > PERMAFROST SOILS > PERMAFROST SOILS > SOIL TEMPERATURE

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This dataset includes temperature conditions for ice-wedge cracking, Salluit, northern Quebec. Air temperature, soil temperature, wind speed and direction, July 1989 through April 1991 (not continuous record.) Temperature inside data logger, resistance values along cracking detection circuit, July 1989 through August 1991 (not continuous record.) Data are presented on the CAPS Version 1.0 CD-ROM, June 1998. See also GGD360 and GGD361 for other data available from Centre d'Etudes Nordiques climatological research station network.

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Allard, M. and J. Kaspar. 1998. Permafrost, palsas and frost-crack polygons, Salluit, Quebec, Canada. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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