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

• Main Authors: Sobota, Ireneusz, Dziembowski, Michał, Grajewski, Tomasz, Weckwerth, Piotr, Nowak, Marcin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu 2016
• Subjects: permafrost; active layer; Kaffiøyra; Svalbard; Active layer thickness; Tundra; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://apcz.umk.pl/BOGPGS/article/view/11147

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 to find a...