The Water Balance of a Small Pond in the High Arctic

Tundra ponds are ubiquitous features in the High Arctic. The water balance of one such pond situated on Ellesmere Island was found to be dependent upon the groundwater supplies from the internally-drained basin in which it was located. For the basin as a whole, evaporation constituted an important c...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: Marsh, P., Woo, M.K.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1977
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65743 2023-05-15T14:19:18+02:00 The Water Balance of a Small Pond in the High Arctic Marsh, P. Woo, M.K. 1977-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65743 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65743/49657 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65743 ARCTIC; Vol. 30 No. 2 (1977): June: 69–132; 109-117 1923-1245 0004-0843 Evaporation Groundwater Permafrost beneath lakes Rain Water resources Frozen ground Active layer Ellesmere Island Nunavut info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1977 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:45Z Tundra ponds are ubiquitous features in the High Arctic. The water balance of one such pond situated on Ellesmere Island was found to be dependent upon the groundwater supplies from the internally-drained basin in which it was located. For the basin as a whole, evaporation constituted an important component of the water balance, accounting for over 90 per cent of the rainfall over a summer period of less than six weeks. Changes occurring in the quantity of water in the pond in response to rainfall were found to depend upon the degree of saturation of the active layer of the underlying permafrost. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ellesmere Island Nunavut permafrost Tundra University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Ellesmere Island Nunavut ARCTIC 30 2
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topic Evaporation
Groundwater
Permafrost beneath lakes
Rain
Water resources
Frozen ground
Active layer
Ellesmere Island
Nunavut
spellingShingle Evaporation
Groundwater
Permafrost beneath lakes
Rain
Water resources
Frozen ground
Active layer
Ellesmere Island
Nunavut
Marsh, P.
Woo, M.K.
The Water Balance of a Small Pond in the High Arctic
topic_facet Evaporation
Groundwater
Permafrost beneath lakes
Rain
Water resources
Frozen ground
Active layer
Ellesmere Island
Nunavut
description Tundra ponds are ubiquitous features in the High Arctic. The water balance of one such pond situated on Ellesmere Island was found to be dependent upon the groundwater supplies from the internally-drained basin in which it was located. For the basin as a whole, evaporation constituted an important component of the water balance, accounting for over 90 per cent of the rainfall over a summer period of less than six weeks. Changes occurring in the quantity of water in the pond in response to rainfall were found to depend upon the degree of saturation of the active layer of the underlying permafrost.
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author Marsh, P.
Woo, M.K.
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Woo, M.K.
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title The Water Balance of a Small Pond in the High Arctic
title_short The Water Balance of a Small Pond in the High Arctic
title_full The Water Balance of a Small Pond in the High Arctic
title_fullStr The Water Balance of a Small Pond in the High Arctic
title_full_unstemmed The Water Balance of a Small Pond in the High Arctic
title_sort water balance of a small pond in the high arctic
publisher The Arctic Institute of North America
publishDate 1977
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Ellesmere Island
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