CALM SITE U20

DREW POINT

Site code

U20

Site name

Drew Point

CAPS I Metadata form

CAPS II Metadata form

GGD313U_20

Site Photograph

Responsible for data submission

Gary Clow

Email Address

clow@usgs.gov

Institution/Organization

U.S. Geological Survey

Location description

Arctic Alaska

Location Lat.

70 deg. 52 min. N

Location Lon.

153 deg. 54 min. W

Elevation avg. (m)

5

Name code

[30]

Methods Grid

Methods Other

T/B640

Years of record (a)

5

Min Thaw (cm)(b)

30

Max Thaw (cm)(b)

36

Thawing Degree Days*

692

Landscape Description

Outer coastal plain

Vegetation /Classification

Moist-meadow, tussock-tundra complex

Soils (or Material)

(Silt)

soil temp. measurements (year started)

1998

soil moisture measurements (year started)

start 2003

general description of soil moisture (dry, moist, wet, saturated)

soil texture: if non organic describe texture, if organic indicate thicknesss of organic layer (cm)

 

 

The active layer thickness is inferred from temperature measurements obtained from 30m borehole and are presented in summary table. For site details see the GTNP_Alayer.pdf