Warming trends in Permafrost and thermo-insulation effect of a seasonal snow-cover on permafrost soil in Bayelva, Svalbard (1998 - 2017)

• Main Authors: Boike, Julia, Ebenhoch, Sabrina, Höfle, Bernhard, Westermann, Sebastian, Maturilli, Marion, Stern, Lielle, Juszak, Inge, Roth, Kurt
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: EGU 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Bayelva; Svalbard; Active layer thickness; permafrost; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48090/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48090/1/05042018v06.pdf; https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-8225.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.0ad3545c-df5c-489a-bb63-edc946972fe3; https://hdl.handle.net/

Permafrost around the Arctic is warming and thawing. We report data from the high arctic research site Bayelva (78.551N; 11.571E) located close to Ny-Alesund. Data on meteorology, energy balance components and subsur- face observations have been made for the last 20 years (1998-2017; Boike et al. 20...