Permafrost response to climate change: Linking field observation with numerical simulation

• Main Authors: Hayashi, Masaki, Rivière, Agnès, Quinton, William, Mckenzie, Jeffrey, Voss, Clifford
• Other Authors: University of Calgary, Centre de Géosciences (GEOSCIENCES), MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), McGill University = Université McGill Montréal, Canada, Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU), Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Montréal (EPS), United States Geological Survey Reston (USGS), American Geophysical Union, AGU
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2013
• Subjects: Modeling; HYDROLOGY; CRYOSPHERE; Permafrost; [SDU.STU.HY]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Hydrology; [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces; environment; Northwest Territories; Canada; Scotty Creek; Ice; Peat; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01396677; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01396677/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01396677/file/AGU2013_Riviere_etal.pdf

International audience The Scotty Creek basin (152 km 2) is located in the Northwest Territories, Canada, within the peat-covered discontinuous permafrost zone with a high density of wetlands. The extensive peat layer (up to 3-4 m thick) is underlain by generally clay-rich glacial sediments. The lan...