| Site: |
94TT 5 Norman Wells |
| Location: |
65°17'54" N. 126°50'43" W. |
| Elevation: |
65 meters |
| Slope: |
gentle NE |
| Landform: |
lacustrine plain with organics in thermokarst depressions |
| Soil: |
30 cm of organics over 20 cm cryoturbated silty clay, imperfect drainage |
| Vegetation: |
Complete ground cover of moss and Boreal vascular plants, under spruce and hardwood, moderate canopy density |
| Installations: |
-Thaw tube for active layer development |
| |
-Temperature cable, 8 sensor, 10 m depth |
| |
-air and ground temperature loggers |
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|
|
air |
ground (7 cm) |
| |
96/97 |
Mean |
-6.55 |
-0.33 |
| |
|
Max. |
33.7 |
19.1 |
| |
|
Min. |
-49.2 |
-9.8 |
| |
1997 |
Mean |
-3.57 |
1.43 |
| |
|
Max. |
32.5 |
22.0 |
| |
|
Min. |
-49.2 |
-9.8 |
| |
1998 |
Mean |
-3.92 |
0.62 |
| |
|
Max. |
34.2 |
21.3 |
| |
|
Min. |
-47.0 |
-11.3 |
| Met Station: |
Norman Wells, 65°17'N. 126°48'W. |
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