Snow Cover and Ground Temperatures, Garry Island, N.W.T.
Field measurements of the influence of snow on ground temperatures, at a depth of 90 cm., were carried out during 1968-73 at Garry Island, N.W.T. The results show that the ameliorating effect of snow can be expressed by a regression equation. The side slopes tend to have the highest mean annual temp...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65937 2023-05-15T14:19:19+02:00 Snow Cover and Ground Temperatures, Garry Island, N.W.T. Mackay, J. Ross MacKay, D.K. 1974-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65937 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65937/49851 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65937 ARCTIC; Vol. 27 No. 4 (1974): December: 249–324; 287-296 1923-1245 0004-0843 Active layer info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1974 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:54Z Field measurements of the influence of snow on ground temperatures, at a depth of 90 cm., were carried out during 1968-73 at Garry Island, N.W.T. The results show that the ameliorating effect of snow can be expressed by a regression equation. The side slopes tend to have the highest mean annual temperatures; the flats the lowest; and the ridges intermediate. At Garry Island, where permafrost is thick, variations in snow cover are probably not reflected in the position of the bottom of permafrost. By contract, in the nearby alluvial islands of the Mackenzie Delta, where permafrost is thin, the effects of snow on the position of the lower permafrost surface are probably considerable. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Mackenzie Delta permafrost University of Calgary Journal Hosting Garry ENVELOPE(-62.233,-62.233,-63.350,-63.350) Garry Island ENVELOPE(-135.717,-135.717,69.487,69.487) Mackenzie Delta ENVELOPE(-136.672,-136.672,68.833,68.833) The Flats ENVELOPE(-56.948,-56.948,51.467,51.467) ARCTIC 27 4 |
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Field measurements of the influence of snow on ground temperatures, at a depth of 90 cm., were carried out during 1968-73 at Garry Island, N.W.T. The results show that the ameliorating effect of snow can be expressed by a regression equation. The side slopes tend to have the highest mean annual temperatures; the flats the lowest; and the ridges intermediate. At Garry Island, where permafrost is thick, variations in snow cover are probably not reflected in the position of the bottom of permafrost. By contract, in the nearby alluvial islands of the Mackenzie Delta, where permafrost is thin, the effects of snow on the position of the lower permafrost surface are probably considerable. |
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Snow Cover and Ground Temperatures, Garry Island, N.W.T. |
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Snow Cover and Ground Temperatures, Garry Island, N.W.T. |
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Snow Cover and Ground Temperatures, Garry Island, N.W.T. |
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