Circumpolar‐Active‐Layer‐Monitoring (CALM) sites in the Mackenzie Valley, northwestern Canada

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Tarnocai, Charles, Mark Nixon, F., Kutny, Les
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2004
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Mackenzie Valley; Active layer monitoring; Active layer thickness; International Permafrost Association; permafrost; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.490; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fppp.490; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ppp.490

Abstract Active‐layer studies have been maintained for more than a decade throughout the 1200 km length of the Mackenzie Valley. An important goal of these programmes is to monitor processes linking climate, permafrost and the active layer. Thirteen sites have been selected from these studies for th...