Changes in thermal structure of permafrost active layer in a dry polar climate, Petuniabukta, Svalbard

• Main Authors: Grzegorz Rachlewicz, Witold Szczuciński
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key words; Arctic; Svalbard; permafrost; active layer; ground temperature; meteorologi−; Petuniabukta; Active layer thickness; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.620.509; http://www.polar.pan.pl/ppr29/PPR29-261.pdf

Abstract: The relationships between meteorological conditions, permafrost active layer thickness and thermal structure were studied for a dry, polar climate site, next to Petunia− bukta (central Spitsbergen), during four successive summer seasons (2000–2003). In addi− tion to determination of the gr...