Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: physical sciences, ground temperature, permafrost, climate change, snow, thermal regime
| Principal Investigator: | Riseborough, Daniel (1) |
| Licence Number: | 13133 |
| Organization: | Carleton University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2001
2000
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| Issued: | Jun 09, 2000 |
| Project Team: | Dr. Burn, Steve Kokelj |
Objective(s): This study will attempt to understand and predict how cold the ground surface gets in the winter under snow. Temperature data, snow cover data (depth, density) and properties of the ground surface materials (density, water content and thermal properties
Project Description: This study will attempt to understand and predict how cold the ground surface gets in the winter under snow. Transportation to the site will be by helicopter and accommodation at the site will be in tents or at an existing cabin. Travel from camps to sample sites will be by foot. Electronic data recorders will be left at 10 sites to record air, ground and surface temperature through the winter. Physical and thermal properties of the ground at each site will be measured. Soil samples of less than 1 kg will be extracted by hand from each site. This study is part of a larger project to predict permafrost temperature with climate information, so that the effects of global warming on permafrost can be predicted.
