Site Access for a Subarctic Research Effort

Access to study areas may be an important factor in long-term field-oriented research, particularly in-regions without well-developed road and communications systems. In a wildland hydrometeorology research project in subarctic Alaska, access to and within a 40-square-mile research watershed has bee...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Slaughter,Charles W.
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1976
Subjects:
Civil Engineering
*ALASKA
*ACCESS
*SUBARCTIC REGIONS
SITES
HELICOPTERS
GROUND VEHICLES
ROADS
REMOTE AREAS
AIR TRANSPORTATION
OFFROAD TRAFFIC
Subarctic
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA026624
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA026624
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Summary:Access to study areas may be an important factor in long-term field-oriented research, particularly in-regions without well-developed road and communications systems. In a wildland hydrometeorology research project in subarctic Alaska, access to and within a 40-square-mile research watershed has been developed both in accordance with a general plan prepared at project inception and in response to developing research requirements. Foot trails, trails for 'off-road' low-ground-pressure tracked vehicles, helicopter transport, long-term data recorders, and radio telemetry of data have all been incorporated in an access and communications system. Cost estimates indicate that incorporation of gravel roads into the system would be economically advantageous, given adequate funding for initial road construction.

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