Annual Thaw Depths and Water Depths in Tanana Flats, Alaska

Data Contributors JORGENSON, TORRE M RACINE, CHARLES H. WALTERS, JAMES C. Parameters FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST GROUND WATER > WATER TABLE SNOW/ICE > PERMAFROST SNOW/ICE > PERMAFROST > THAW DEPTH SOILS > PERMAFROST

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Thaw depths and water depths were monitored at 1 m to 2 m intervals along a 255-m transect across an area of discontinuous and degrading permafrost on the Tanana Flats south of Fairbanks, Alaska. Measurements were taken once a year in late August from 1995 to 2002 to show effects of winter snow depths, climate warming, and vegetation and wetland creation-surface subsidence. Data are in a single tab-delimited ASCII text file, available via FTP.

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Racine, C., T. Jorgenson, and J. Walters. 2003. Annual Thaw Depths and Water Depths in Tanana Flats, Alaska. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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