| Site: |
92TT 8 River Between Two Mountains |
| Location: |
62°57'40" N. 123°12'32" W. |
| Elevation: |
99 meters |
| Slope: |
slight slope to SW |
| Landform: |
alluvial terrace in silt (6m
above river) |
| Soil: |
20 cm of organic litter over well drained organic silt |
| Vegetation: |
complete ground cover of moss and Boreal vascular plants, under open hardwood with spruce, moderate canopy density |
| Snow: |
N.A. |
| Installations: |
-Thaw tube for active layer development |
| |
-air and ground temperature loggers |
| |
|
|
air |
ground (7 cm) |
| |
93/94 |
Mean |
-5.56 |
-1.82 |
| |
|
Max. |
32.51 |
11.40 |
| |
|
Min. |
<-37.3 |
-14.00 |
| |
1994 |
Mean |
-5.74 |
-1.59 |
| |
|
Max. |
32.51 |
11.68 |
| |
|
Min. |
<-37.32 |
-14.00 |
| |
1995 |
Mean |
N.A. |
-1.14 |
| |
|
Max. |
N.A. |
11.68 |
| |
|
Min. |
N.A. |
-15.85 |
| |
1996 |
Mean |
N.A. |
N.A. |
| |
|
Max. |
N.A. |
N.A. |
| |
|
Min. |
N.A. |
N.A. |
| |
1997 |
Mean |
-4.60 |
-0.41 |
| |
|
Max. |
30.00 |
13.1 |
| |
|
Min. |
-47.20 |
-7.60 |
| |
(site destroyed by ice jam, 1998) |
| |
(repaired 1999) |
| Met Station: |
Fort Simpson, 61°46'N. 121°14'W. |
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