Influence of snow on near-surface ground temperatures in upland and alluvial environments of the outer Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories 1 This article is one of a series of papers published in this CJES Special Issue on the theme of Fundamental and applied research on permafrost in Canada.

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Morse, P.D., Burn, C.R., Kokelj, S.V.
• Other Authors: Allard, Michel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2012
• Subjects: Canada; Mackenzie Delta; Northwest Territories; Active layer thickness; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e2012-012; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/e2012-012; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e2012-012

Relations between snow cover, active-layer thickness, and near-surface ground temperatures were determined in 2005–2009 for a diverse range of alluvial and upland settings in the outer Mackenzie Delta. Here, the snow cover developed primarily by wind redistribution, with its spatial variation contro...