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, Julia, Juszak, Inge, Lange, Stephan, Chadburn, Sarah, Burke, Eleanor, Paul Overduin, Pier, Roth, Kurt, Ippisch, Olaf, Bornemann, Niko, Stern, Lielle, Gouttevin, Isabelle, Hauber, Ernst, Westermann, Sebastian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Bayelva; Ny-Ålesund; Svalbard; Global warming; Ny Ålesund; permafrost; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/71510; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-74660; https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-355-2018

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...