Permafrost, palsas and frost-crack polygons, Salluit, Quebec, Canada, Version 1
Data set id:
GGD418
DOI: 10.7265/z4xc-ef94
This is the most recent version of these data.

Overview

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.
Parameter(s):
AIR TEMPERATUREPERIGLACIAL PROCESSESPERMAFROSTSOIL TEMPERATURESURFACE WINDS
Platform(s):
Not Specified
Sensor(s):
Not Specified
Data Format(s):
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
1 July 1989 to 31 August 1992
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
62.233
S:
62.233
E:
-75.633
W:
-75.633
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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