Remote Sensing of Permafrost by Ground-Penetrating Radar at Two Airports in Arctic Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Judge, A.S., Tucker, C.M., Pilon, J.A., Moorman, B.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1991
• Subjects: Airports; Climate change; Design and construction; Effects monitoring; Frozen ground; Ground ice; Permafrost; Permafrost surveys; Remote sensing; Satellite photography; Spatial distribution; Stratigraphy; Thawing; Inuvik region; N.W.T; Rankin Inlet (Hamlet) region; Nunavut; Arctic; Canada; Inuvik; Inuvik Region; Northwest Territories; Rankin Inlet; Global warming; Ice; permafrost; pergélisol
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64623

Over a cycle of seasons, ground-penetrating radar studies were carried out at Inuvik and Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories. The two airports are part of the Forward Operating Location (FOL) program of the Department of National Defence and have been slated for significant upgrading of runways, tax...