Physical properties and stable isotope composition of rain, river, lake, and groundwater samples in the Canadian Arctic tundra and subarctic taiga (Summer 2018 and 2019) ...

• Main Authors: Levasseur, Simon, Brown, Kristina Anne, Langlois, Alexandre, McLennan, Donald
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2020
• Subjects: Canadian Arctic; snow physical properties; stable isotopes of water; Campaign of event; Event label; Sample code/label; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Date/Time of event; Elevation of event; Sample type; Temperature, air; Temperature, water; Temperature, soil; DEPTH, sediment/rock; DEPTH, water; DEPTH, ice/snow; Depth, top/min; Depth, bottom/max; Depth comment; Soil type; Sample comment; Density, snow; δ18O, water; δ Deuterium, water; Comment; after Brown et al., 2020; Bucket, plastic; Rain gauge; Visual observation; Calculated from mass/volume; Isotopic liquid water analyzer; CAMBRIDGE_BAY052019; CAMBRIDGE_BAY072018; Development of a multi-scale cryosphere monitoring network for the Kitikmeot region and Northwest territories using in-situ measurements, modeling and remote sensing SnowMonitoring_NWT&Kitikmeot; Arctic; Cambridge Bay; Canada; Greiner Lake; Northwest Territories; Kitikmeot; Subarctic; taiga; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.925387; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.925387

This data set describes surface water and late season snow melt physical and geochemical observations collected around the Greiner Lake Watershed (near Cambridge Bay, NU) over July 2018 and between April and June 2019, as well as several rain, river, lake, and groundwater samples collected opportunistically. Snow and surface water samples were collected as part of the project entitled "Development of a multi-scale cryosphere monitoring network for the Kitikmeot region and Northwest territories using in-situ measurements, modeling and remote sensing" led by Dr. Alex Langlois, Université de Sherbrooke. Snow density profiles were measured by extracting snow samples at 3 cm intervals using 192 cm3 and 100 cm3 density cutters. The samples were weighed using a Pesola light series scale (100 g) from which density was calculated. Snow temperature was determined using a digital temperature probe (+/- 0.1°C). Surface water and late season snow melt geochemical properties were also determined following the methods ... : Acknowledgements: We would like to thank the Environmental Chemistry Facility at Brown University, Rhode Island, USA (Joseph Orchardo, David Murray) and the Else Lab at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Araleigh Cranch, Mohamed Ahmed, Brent Else) for conducting sample analyses. ...