Principal Investigator:Wilson, Alice Licensed Year(s):
2023
202220212020 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5475.
The primary objective of this research is to determine the influence of snow manipulation on permafrost temperatures in different environments along the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway (ITH). A secondary objective is to better understand the relationship between snow cover and ground surface temperatures in both natural...
Principal Investigator:Siegfried, Dian Licensed Year(s):
2016
20132010 Summary:
The objective of this project is to continue an ongoing long-term monitoring of permafrost temperatures on Banks Island and Mould Bay. At these sites the research team have lost remote (satellite) communication and need to make repairs to continue receiving data.
The research team are currently monitoring active layer and permafrost temperatures, active layer soil moisture, air temperature, and...
Principal Investigator:Derksen, Chris Licensed Year(s):2013
2012
Summary:
The proposed European Space Agency Earth Explorer 7 CoReH20 satellite mission has the primary objective of retrieving snow water equivalent (SWE) over land at a high spatial resolution (200-500 metres). This would make available high resolution, satellite derived SWE, for monitoring and modeling applications. To-date, airborne measurements to test the CoReH20 satellite mission concept have been ac...
Principal Investigator:Nixon, Fredrick M. Licensed Year(s):
2008
Summary:
The objective of this project is to conduct snow surveys at selected sites in the Mackenzie Delta, related to permafrost studies.
Snow surveys will be carried out at three selected sites in the Delta during early April. These are Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Program sites. There is a grid marked on these locations, where the researchers will be measuring the snow pack and snow density.
M...
Principal Investigator:Morse, Peter D Licensed Year(s):20082007
2006
Summary:
Permafrost composition and distribution at Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary in the Mackenzie Delta is unknown, and thawing as a result of disturbance may result in surface subsidence. The objective of this study is to determine near-surface permafrost conditions and distributions as they relate to vegetation and snow cover.
Permafrost is a function of mean annual air temperature at a continental s...
Principal Investigator:Marsh, Philip Licensed Year(s):20232022202120202019201820172016201520142013201220112010200920082007
2006
Summary:
The project includes studies on the rates and processes controlling snow accumulation, snowmelt, water flux through snow, and exchange of water between snow cover, active layer and permafrost. The effect of snow or soil temperature regime and vegetation types on runoff processes, evaporation processes, and development of physically-based, predictive models of snowmelt runoff will also be studied i...
Principal Investigator:Kokelj, Steven V Licensed Year(s):2006
2005
Summary:
Since the 1970's, the oil and gas industry has drilled at least 19 exploratory wells in the Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary (KIBS), but there is a shortage of field data describing environmental conditions at the well-sites and drilling-mud sumps. In Marc...
Principal Investigator:Marsh, Philip Licensed Year(s):20052004
2003
200220012000199919981997199619951994199319921990 Summary:
The primary objective of this project is to improve understanding of the fluxes of water and energy in northern regions, and to develop improved computer models of these processes. The Trail Valley Creek site will be accessed by helicopter and snowmobile...
Principal Investigator:Riseborough, Dan Licensed Year(s):
2001
2000 Summary:
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 were installed in August 2000 to record air, ground and surface temperature through the wi...
Principal Investigator:Woo, Ming-ko Licensed Year(s):
1994
1993 Summary:
This on-going study attempts to find out how permafrost affects the groundwater, streamflow and levels of water in wetlands. Measurements such as soil moisture, rainfall, ground and air temperatures, and water level will be taken. This research will help to determine how climatic change affects permafrost and water bodies in the Arctic....