Utilizing the TTOP model to understand spatial permafrost temperature variability in a High Arctic landscape, Cape Bounty, Nunavut, Canada

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Garibaldi, Madeleine C., Bonnaventure, Philip P., Lamoureux, Scott F.
• Other Authors: University of Lethbridge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Cape Bounty; Climate change; permafrost; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2086; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ppp.2086; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ppp.2086

Abstract Ground surface and permafrost temperatures in the High Arctic are often considered homogeneous especially when viewed at the scale of climate and environmental models. However, this is generally incorrect due to highly variable, topographically redistributed snow cover, which generates a su...