A Reconnaissance Snow Survey across Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada, April 2007

• Main Authors: Sturm, Matthew, Derksen, Chris, Liston, Glen, Silis, Arvids, Solie, Daniel, Holmgren, Jon, Huntington, Henry
• Other Authors: ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Geography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Test Facilities; Equipment and Methods; *MEASUREMENT; *SNOW; *SURVEYS; *NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; *TUNDRA; *LAKES; *RIVERS; IONS; SOOT; LAYERS; GRAPHS; GRAIN SIZE; STRATIGRAPHY; ICE; YUKON TERRITORY; MANITOBA; CORE SAMPLING; TABLES(DATA); MERCURY; ISOTOPES; INFRARED IMAGES; BASE LINES; BRIGHTNESS; DEPTH; ALASKA; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; THICKNESS; DENSITY; *NUNAVUT(CANADA); *SNOW MEASUREMENTS; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENTS; SNOW DEPTHS; SNOW DENSITY; ICE THICKNESS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; SWE(SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT); NEAR-INFRARED IMAGES; GREAT BEAR LAKE; SOOT MEASUREMENTS; MERCURY MEASUREMENTS; ION MEASUREMENTS; ISOTOPE MEASUREMENTS; TUNDRA SNOW; SNOWSTAR 2007; Nunavut; Yukon; Northwest Territories; Fairbanks; Anchorage; Canada; Huntington; Great Bear Lake; Valley Creek; Trail Valley Creek; Daring Lake; Baker Lake; Ice; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA476959; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA476959

During April 2007, a coordinated series of snow measurements were made across the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada, during a 4200-km snowmobile traverse from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Baker Lake, Nunavut. While detailed, local snow measurements have been made as part of ongoing studies at tundr...