CALM SITE C20	BAKER LAKE
Site code	C20
Site name	Baker Lake
CAPS I Metadata form	GGD342
CAPS II Metadata form	GGD313C_20
Site Photograph	Data
Responsible for data submission	Sharon Smith
Email Address	SSmith@NRCan.gc.ca
Institution/Organization	Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa
Location description	Hudson Bay Region
Location Lat.	64 deg. 20 min. N
Location Lon.	96 deg. 3 min. W
Elevation avg. (m)	~50m
Name code	[25]
Methods Grid
Methods Other	T/B3
Years of record (a)	6
Min Thaw (cm)(b)	120
Max Thaw (cm)(b)	193
Thawing Degree Days (c)	838 (d)
Landscape Description	Raised degraded beach ridges over granite bedrock
Vegetation /Classification	Heath lichen, darf shrub
Soils (or Material)	Pergelic Cryochrept (1)
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997	120
1998	170
1999	174
2000	189
2001	193
2002	TBA
soil temp. measurements (year started)	1997
soil moisture measurements (year started)	No
general description of soil moisture (dry, moist, wet, saturated)	NA
soil texture: if non organic describe texture, if organic indicate thicknesss of organic layer (cm)	Coarse gravels and sands (0 Ð 15cm peat layer on top)
mean annual air temp*	-11.8 C
mean May air temp	-5.8 C
mean June air temp	4.9 C
mean July air temp	11.4 C
mean August air temp	9.5 C
mean September air temp	2.5 C
total annual precip (mm)	270.4
number of snow covered days	251
surface area of measurement (ha)	NA, point measurements
mean altitude (m)	~50m
min altitude	NA
max altitude (m)	NA
type of major disturbance	none
date of major disturbance	NA
* based on 1971-2000 normal for Baker Lake weather station

Active-Layer Thickness is inferred from ground temperature profile measurements. ALT values are presented in summary table.

Site metadata is provided in C20_meta.doc

DATA

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Data Access

Only Summary data is available and presented in Summary table