Past and present permafrost temperatures in the Abisko area: redrilling of boreholes.
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...
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:326341e2-be42-4308-9cc4-51b3baa9f9c2 2023-05-15T12:59:12+02:00 Past and present permafrost temperatures in the Abisko area: redrilling of boreholes. Johansson, Margareta Åkerman, Jonas Keuper, Frida Christensen, Torben Lantuit, Hugues Callaghan, Terry 2011 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/2201093 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0163-3 eng eng Springer https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/2201093 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0163-3 wos:000298500000002 pmid:21954719 scopus:80052530222 Ambio: a Journal of Human Environment; 40(6), pp 558-565 (2011) ISSN: 0044-7447 Physical Geography Ground temperatures Boreholes Permafrost Abisko Sub-arctic Sweden contributiontojournal/article info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2011 ftulundlup https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-011-0163-3 2023-02-01T23:35:43Z 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 obtained in 2002. During the International Polar Year (2007-2008), new boreholes were drilled within the 'Back to the Future' (BTF) and 'Thermal State of Permafrost' (TSP) projects that enabled year-round temperature monitoring. Mean annual ground temperatures (MAGT) in the mires are close to 0 degrees C, ranging from -0.16 to -0.47 degrees C at 5 m depth. Data from the boreholes show increasing ground temperatures in the upper and lower part by 0.4 to 1 degree C between 1980 and 2002. At one mire, permafrost thickness has decreased from 15 m in 1980 to ca. 9 m in 2009, with an accelerating thawing trend during the last decade. Article in Journal/Newspaper Abisko Active layer thickness Arctic International Polar Year permafrost Lund University Publications (LUP) Arctic Abisko ENVELOPE(18.829,18.829,68.349,68.349) AMBIO 40 6 558 565 |
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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 obtained in 2002. During the International Polar Year (2007-2008), new boreholes were drilled within the 'Back to the Future' (BTF) and 'Thermal State of Permafrost' (TSP) projects that enabled year-round temperature monitoring. Mean annual ground temperatures (MAGT) in the mires are close to 0 degrees C, ranging from -0.16 to -0.47 degrees C at 5 m depth. Data from the boreholes show increasing ground temperatures in the upper and lower part by 0.4 to 1 degree C between 1980 and 2002. At one mire, permafrost thickness has decreased from 15 m in 1980 to ca. 9 m in 2009, with an accelerating thawing trend during the last decade. |
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Johansson, Margareta Åkerman, Jonas Keuper, Frida Christensen, Torben Lantuit, Hugues Callaghan, Terry |
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Johansson, Margareta Åkerman, Jonas Keuper, Frida Christensen, Torben Lantuit, Hugues Callaghan, Terry |
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Past and present permafrost temperatures in the Abisko area: redrilling of boreholes. |
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Past and present permafrost temperatures in the Abisko area: redrilling of boreholes. |
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Past and present permafrost temperatures in the Abisko area: redrilling of boreholes. |
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Past and present permafrost temperatures in the Abisko area: redrilling of boreholes. |
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Past and present permafrost temperatures in the Abisko area: redrilling of boreholes. |
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past and present permafrost temperatures in the abisko area: redrilling of boreholes. |
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