Short-term changes in thermal conditions and active layer thickness in the tundra of the Kaffiøyra region, NW Spitsbergen

• Published in: Bulletin of Geography. Physical Geography Series
• Main Authors: Sobota, Ireneusz, Dziembowski, Michał, Grajewski, Tomasz, Weckwerth, Piotr, Nowak, Marcin, Greń, Katarzyna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2016
• Subjects: Geophysics; Geography, Planning and Development; Kaffiøyra; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bgeo-2016-0014; http://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/bgeo/11/1/article-p43.xml; https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.1515/bgeo-2016-0014

Abstract This article describes and discusses the results of observations concerning short-term changes in the thermal conditions and the thickness of the active layer in a test field located in the tundra of the Kaffiøyra (NW Spitsbergen) during the summer season of 2015. One of the objectives was...