Active layer thickness and ground temperatures during 1991-2008 at permafrost sites in northern North America

• Main Authors: Smith, S L, Romanovsky, Vladimir E, Lewkowicz, Antoni G, Burn, C R, Allard, Maël, Clow, Gary D, Yoshikawa, Kenji, Throop, J
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Arctic; Yukon; Canada; Active layer thickness; International Polar Year; permafrost; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.837173; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.837173

A snapshot of the thermal state of permafrost in northern North America during the International Polar Year (IPY) was developed using ground temperature data collected from 350 boreholes. More than half these were established during IPY to enhance the network in sparsely monitored regions. The measu...