Soil moisture redistribution and its effect on inter-annual active layer temperature and thickness variations in a dry loess terrace in Adventdalen, Svalbard

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: C. Schuh, A. Frampton, H. H. Christiansen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: envir; geo; Adventdalen; Svalbard; Active layer temperature; Active layer thickness; Ice; permafrost; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-635-2017; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/11/635/2017/tc-11-635-2017.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/efb6c318eedb458c96484728121831e5

High-resolution field data for the period 2000–2014 consisting of active layer and permafrost temperature, active layer soil moisture, and thaw depth progression from the UNISCALM research site in Adventdalen, Svalbard, is combined with a physically based coupled cryotic and hydrogeological model to...