Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Gwich'in Settlement Area
Tags: ground temperature, permafrost, monitoring
| Principal Investigator: | Nicolsky, Dmitry (1) |
| Licence Number: | 17379 |
| Organization: | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2023
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| Issued: | Oct 24, 2023 |
| Project Team: | Dmitry Nicolsky, Vladimir Romanovsky, T. Colby Wright, William Cable |
Objective(s): To measure the thermal state of permafrost by testing: 1) air temperature; 2) snow depth; 3) soil temperature profiles; 4) soil moisture.
Project Description: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5622. The research team will be visiting the research site in July of 2023 to collect data from existing instruments, as well as upgrade and repair as needed. Instrumentation at the site consists of a 3-meter tripod, a white instrument storage enclosure, and instruments to measure: 1) air temperature; 2) snow depth; 3) soil temperature profiles; 4) soil moisture. A team of three researchers will land the aircraft and walk to the monitoring station to download data on a laptop computer. If necessary, some wires damaged by the wildlife animals will be replaced. No new instruments will be installed, and no ground will be disturbed. In the fall of 2023, the research team will share collected data with stakeholders and can give a presentation of the monitoring activities at this location since the beginning of 2000s. All collected data will be publicly available and searchable through internet. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from: July 01 - December 31, 2023
