ACTIVE LAYER MONITORING METADATA FORM

Return (by mail, e-mail or fax) to Sharon Smith

Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St. Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E8

Email: ssmith@nrcan.gc.ca

Fax: 613 992 0190

This form is currently in use for the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) component of the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost 

Site name: Fox Lake, Y.T.

Site history (Year Started): 1987 -weather data

                                         2002-new drill hole

Responsible individual(s) and address of organization for data collection including email and fax addresses: Stuart. A. Harris

Latitude and longitude: 61°08.369'N            135°21.812'W

Elevation above sea level(m):

Slope and aspect of site(s): Shoulder of litholsa  -10% N slope

Landform or geomorphological description of area occupied by site(s):

Predominant texture of soil (sand, gravel, peat, etc.): Silt

Vegetation classification (dominant, vegetation type, percentage of vegetation, bare ground, etc.): Open boreal forest with White Spruce, salix and grasses

Method used to determine active layer thickness: Interpolation of ground temperature profile

Information on permanent temperature and/or moisture installations(probes, recorders, depth of sensors, depth of permafrost boreholes, etc.); if possible provide annual values (or ranges) of these data: Thermistors on 3m cable connected to data logger

Name and location (lat./long.) of closest climate station; provide separately mean monthly air temperatures and snow depth as available for years of active layer data: Weather station on site (2002on), Weather station at nearby ranch (1987 to present)

Relevant publications (complete citation, use additional space):

"Palsa-like Mounds in a Mineral Substrate, Fox Lake, Yukon Territory". Proceedings, 6^th International Conference on Permafrost, Beijing, China, Vol. 1, 1993, 238-243.

"Heat Transfer Processes at the Lower Limit of Alpine Permafrost, Marmot Basin, Jasper National Park, Canada". Biuletyn Peryglacjalny, vol. 38, 1999, 73-93.

"La signification paleoclimatique des lithalses (palses minerales)". Biuletyn Peryglacjalny, vol. 37, 1998, 141-154 [with A. Pissart, A. Prick &B, van Vliet-Lanöe].

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