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CALM SITE C12 |
GREAT BEAR RIVER |
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Site
code |
C12 |
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Site
name |
Great
Bear River |
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CAPS
I Metadata form |
GGD312 |
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CAPS
II Metadata form |
GGD313C_11 |
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Responsible
for data submission |
Charles
Tarnocai |
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Email
Address |
tarnocaict@agr.gc.ca |
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Institution/Organization |
Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa |
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Location
description |
Mackenzie
Valley |
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Location
Lat. |
64
deg. 55 min. N |
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Location
Lon. |
125
deg. 35 min. W |
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Elevation
avg. (m) |
60 |
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Name
code |
[4] |
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Methods
Grid |
|
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Methods
Other |
T/P |
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Years
of record (a) |
17 |
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Min
Thaw (cm)(b) |
42 |
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Max
Thaw (cm)(b) |
89 |
|
Thawing
Degree Days (c) |
1356 |
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Landscape
Description |
Alluvial
terrace |
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Vegetation
/Classification |
Open
black spruce forest |
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Soils
(or Material) |
Histic
Eutric Turbic Cryosol (2) |
|
soil temp. measurements (year started) |
1986 |
|
soil
moisture measurements (year started) |
|
|
general
description of soil moisture (dry, moist, wet, saturated) |
moist |
|
soil
texture: if non organic describe texture, if organic indicate thicknesss of
organic layer (cm) |
clay
loam (33cm) |
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type
of major disturbance |
Fire |
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date
of major disturbance |
1995 |
Active-Layer Thickness is inferred from
ground temperature profile measurements at 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, 20.0, 50.0, 100.0
and 150.0 cm depth. The ALT values are presented in summary table. The dataset
also include soil temperature data for 25/05/1988 - 11/09/1996 period. For details on site description
and instrumentation contact site investigator directly.
Site metadata is provided in C12_meta.doc
