Minimum, maximum and mean annual ground temperatures in permafrost around Abisko ANS between 2008-2009

• Main Authors: Johansson, Margareta, Åkerman, Jonas, Keuper, Frida, Christensen, Torben R, Lantuit, Hugues, Callaghan, Terry V
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Abisko; Active layer thickness; International Polar Year; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.811722; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811722

Monitoring of permafrost has been ongoing since 1978 in the Abisko area, northernmost Sweden, when measurements of active layer thickness started. In 1980, boreholes were drilled in three mires in the area to record permafrost temperatures. Recordings were made twice per year, and the last data were...