Permafrost temperature data 2008-2014 from community based monitoring sites in Nunavut / M. Ednie and S.L. Smith.: M183-2/7784E-PDF

"The Geological Survey of Canada collaborated with Nunavut communities and the territorial government to establish ten permafrost monitoring sites between 2008 and 2009. A summary of ground temperature data collected over a five year period is presented as a digital database. This information improves the characterization of permafrost thermal state and support climate change adaptation planning in Nunavut communities. Records of permafrost temperature indicate that mean annual temperatures at 15 m depth range from -5.06 °C in Pangnirtung to -11.93 °C in Resolute Bay. In the approximately 5 years since site establishment, ground temperatures at 15 m depth have increased between 0.04 ºC/year and 0.25 ºC/year with an average increase of 0.17 ºC/year for all sites"--Abstract, page i.

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