Snow Cover and Ground Temperatures, Garry Island, N.W.T.

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Mackay, J. Ross, MacKay, D.K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1974
• Subjects: Active layer; Garry; Garry Island; Mackenzie Delta; The Flats; Arctic; permafrost
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65937

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...