Thermal state of permafrost in North America - annually observed ground temperatures, 2020

• Main Authors: Vladimir Romanovsky, Alexander Kholodov, Dmitry Nicolsky, Thomas Wright
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2021
• Subjects: FROZEN GROUND; PERMAFROST; SOIL TEMPERATURE; GROUND TEMPERATURE; Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2MW28G02

This work coordinates data collection using standard equipment and protocols at North American and Russian sites. These data sets provide the baseline to assess the future rates of change in near-surface permafrost temperatures and permafrost boundaries, and to provide spatial data for validation of climate scenario models and temperature reanalysis approaches. The work represents the United States (US) contribution to the ongoing activities of the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost that obtains temperatures in a large number of globally distributed monitoring sites in order to provide a snapshot of permafrost temperatures in both time and space. The US National Science Foundation funded this work with award #0520578, #0632400, #0856864, and #1304271.