Detailed detection of active layer freeze-thaw dynamics using quasi-continuous electrical resistivity tomography (Deception Island, Antarctica)
Climate-induced warming of permafrost soils is a global phenomenon, with regional and site-specific variations which are not fully understood. In this context, a 2-D automated electrical resistivity tomography (A-ERT) system was installed for the first time in Antarctica at Deception Island, associa...
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ftreroch:oai:doc.rero.ch:20200519083614-YO 2023-05-15T13:02:45+02:00 Detailed detection of active layer freeze-thaw dynamics using quasi-continuous electrical resistivity tomography (Deception Island, Antarctica) Farzamian, Mohammad Vieira, Gonçalo Santos, Fernando A. Monteiro Tabar, Borhan Yaghoobi Hauck, Christian Paz, Maria Catarina Bernardo, Ivo Ramos, Miguel Pablo, Miguel Angel de 2020-05-19T06:38:03Z http://doc.rero.ch/record/328432/files/hau_dda.pdf eng eng http://doc.rero.ch/record/328432/files/hau_dda.pdf 2020 ftreroch 2023-02-16T17:33:46Z Climate-induced warming of permafrost soils is a global phenomenon, with regional and site-specific variations which are not fully understood. In this context, a 2-D automated electrical resistivity tomography (A-ERT) system was installed for the first time in Antarctica at Deception Island, associated to the existing Crater Lake site of the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring – South Program (CALM-S) – site. This setup aims to (i) monitor subsurface freezing and thawing processes on a daily and seasonal basis and map the spatial and temporal variability in thaw depth and to (ii) study the impact of short-lived extreme meteorological events on active layer dynamics. In addition, the feasibility of installing and running autonomous ERT monitoring stations in remote and extreme environments such as Antarctica was evaluated for the first time. Measurements were repeated at 4 h intervals during a full year, enabling the detection of seasonal trends and short-lived resistivity changes reflecting individual meteorological events. The latter is important for distinguishing between (1) long-term climatic trends and (2) the impact of anomalous seasons on the ground thermal regime.Our full-year dataset shows large and fast temporal resistivity changes during the seasonal active layer freezing and thawing and indicates that our system setup can resolve spatiotemporal thaw depth variability along the experimental transect at very high temporal resolution. The largest resistivity changes took place during the freezing season in April, when low temperatures induce an abrupt phase change in the active layer in the absence of snow cover. The seasonal thawing of the active layer is associated with a slower resistivity decrease during October due to the presence of snow cover and the corresponding zero-curtain effect. Detailed investigation of the daily resistivity variations reveals several periods with rapid and sharp resistivity changes of the near-surface layers due to the brief surficial refreezing of the active layer in ... Other/Unknown Material Active layer monitoring Antarc* Antarctica Deception Island permafrost RERO DOC Digital Library Crater Lake ENVELOPE(-60.667,-60.667,-62.983,-62.983) Deception Island ENVELOPE(-60.633,-60.633,-62.950,-62.950) |
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Climate-induced warming of permafrost soils is a global phenomenon, with regional and site-specific variations which are not fully understood. In this context, a 2-D automated electrical resistivity tomography (A-ERT) system was installed for the first time in Antarctica at Deception Island, associated to the existing Crater Lake site of the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring – South Program (CALM-S) – site. This setup aims to (i) monitor subsurface freezing and thawing processes on a daily and seasonal basis and map the spatial and temporal variability in thaw depth and to (ii) study the impact of short-lived extreme meteorological events on active layer dynamics. In addition, the feasibility of installing and running autonomous ERT monitoring stations in remote and extreme environments such as Antarctica was evaluated for the first time. Measurements were repeated at 4 h intervals during a full year, enabling the detection of seasonal trends and short-lived resistivity changes reflecting individual meteorological events. The latter is important for distinguishing between (1) long-term climatic trends and (2) the impact of anomalous seasons on the ground thermal regime.Our full-year dataset shows large and fast temporal resistivity changes during the seasonal active layer freezing and thawing and indicates that our system setup can resolve spatiotemporal thaw depth variability along the experimental transect at very high temporal resolution. The largest resistivity changes took place during the freezing season in April, when low temperatures induce an abrupt phase change in the active layer in the absence of snow cover. The seasonal thawing of the active layer is associated with a slower resistivity decrease during October due to the presence of snow cover and the corresponding zero-curtain effect. Detailed investigation of the daily resistivity variations reveals several periods with rapid and sharp resistivity changes of the near-surface layers due to the brief surficial refreezing of the active layer in ... |
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Farzamian, Mohammad Vieira, Gonçalo Santos, Fernando A. Monteiro Tabar, Borhan Yaghoobi Hauck, Christian Paz, Maria Catarina Bernardo, Ivo Ramos, Miguel Pablo, Miguel Angel de |
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Farzamian, Mohammad Vieira, Gonçalo Santos, Fernando A. Monteiro Tabar, Borhan Yaghoobi Hauck, Christian Paz, Maria Catarina Bernardo, Ivo Ramos, Miguel Pablo, Miguel Angel de Detailed detection of active layer freeze-thaw dynamics using quasi-continuous electrical resistivity tomography (Deception Island, Antarctica) |
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Farzamian, Mohammad Vieira, Gonçalo Santos, Fernando A. Monteiro Tabar, Borhan Yaghoobi Hauck, Christian Paz, Maria Catarina Bernardo, Ivo Ramos, Miguel Pablo, Miguel Angel de |
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Detailed detection of active layer freeze-thaw dynamics using quasi-continuous electrical resistivity tomography (Deception Island, Antarctica) |
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Detailed detection of active layer freeze-thaw dynamics using quasi-continuous electrical resistivity tomography (Deception Island, Antarctica) |
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Detailed detection of active layer freeze-thaw dynamics using quasi-continuous electrical resistivity tomography (Deception Island, Antarctica) |
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Detailed detection of active layer freeze-thaw dynamics using quasi-continuous electrical resistivity tomography (Deception Island, Antarctica) |
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Detailed detection of active layer freeze-thaw dynamics using quasi-continuous electrical resistivity tomography (Deception Island, Antarctica) |
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detailed detection of active layer freeze-thaw dynamics using quasi-continuous electrical resistivity tomography (deception island, antarctica) |
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Active layer monitoring Antarc* Antarctica Deception Island permafrost |
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