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, L., Gouttevin, I., Hauber, E., Westermann, S.
• Other Authors: ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE HELMHOLTZ CENTER FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH POTSDAM DEU, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS SCHOOL OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT LEEDS GBR, MET OFFICE HADLEY CENTRE EXETER GBR, UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS HEIDELBERG DEU, TU CLAUSTHAL INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS DEU, IRSTEA LYON UR RIVERLY FRA, GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER INSTITUTE OF PLANETARY RESEARCH BERLIN DEU, UNIVERSITY OF OSLO DEPARTMENT OF GEOSCIENCES OSLO NOR
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: CARBONE; NEIGE; CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE; carbon; snow; climatic change; Arctic; Bayelva; Ny-Ålesund; Svalbard; Global warming; Ny Ålesund; permafrost; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://irsteadoc.irstea.fr/cemoa/PUB00060040

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. Permafrost thaw and carbon re...