Permafrost temperature and active-layer thickness of Yakutia with 0.5-degree spatial resolution for model evaluation

• Published in: Earth System Science Data
• Main Authors: C. Beer, A. N. Fedorov, Y. Torgovkin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: geo; info; Active layer thickness; permafrost; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-5-305-2013; http://www.earth-syst-sci-data.net/5/305/2013/essd-5-305-2013.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/36a8a75e4bb8479c838b1d09b3a40736

Based on the map of landscapes and permafrost conditions in Yakutia (Merzlotno-landshaftnaya karta Yakutskoi0 ASSR, Gosgeodeziya SSSR, 1991), rasterized maps of permafrost temperature and active-layer thickness of Yakutia, East Siberia were derived. The mean and standard deviation at 0.5-degree grid cell size are estimated by assigning a probability density function at 0.001-degree spatial resolution. The gridded datasets can be accessed at the PANGAEA repository (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.808240). Spatial pattern of both variables are dominated by a climatic gradient from north to south, and by mountains and the soil type distribution. Uncertainties are highest in mountains and in the sporadic permafrost zone in the south. The maps are best suited as a benchmark for land surface models which include a permafrost module.