A 20-year record (1998-2017) of permafrost, active layer and meteorological conditions at a high Arctic permafrost research site (Bayelva, Spitsbergen)

• Published in: Earth System Science Data
• Main Authors: Boike, J., Juszak, I., Lange, S., Chadburn, S., Burke, E., Paul Overduin, P., Roth, K., Ippisch, O., Bornemann, N., Stern, Lennart, Gouttevin, I., Hauber, E., Westermann, S.
• Other Authors: ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE HELMHOLTZ CENTER FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH POTSDAM DEU, Partenaires IRSTEA, Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT BERLIN DEU, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS SCHOOL OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT LEEDS GBR, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES GBR, MET OFFICE HADLEY CENTRE EXETER GBR, UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS HEIDELBERG DEU, TU CLAUSTHAL INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS DEU, RiverLy (UR Riverly), Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA), Erosion torrentielle neige et avalanches (UR ETGR (ETNA)), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Department of Geosciences Oslo, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Oslo, University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Arctic; Bayelva; Ny-Ålesund; Svalbard; Global warming; Ny Ålesund; permafrost; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02608576; https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02608576/document; https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02608576/file/pub00060040.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-355-2018

International audience Most permafrost is located in the Arctic, where frozen organic carbon makes it an important component of the global climate system. Despite the fact that the Arctic climate changes more rapidly than the rest of the globe, observational data density in the region is low. Permaf...