| Site: |
Lousy Point (C5) |
| Location: |
69°13' 6"N. 134°17' 5"W. |
| Elevation: |
39 meters |
| Slope: |
flat |
| Landform: |
surface of glaciofluvial ridge above East Channel, Mackenzie Delta |
| Soil: |
well drained organic silt |
| Vegetation: |
low shrub tundra, complete ground cover |
| Snow: |
22-27 cm. snow pack |
| Installations: |
-Thaw tube for active layer development |
| |
-11 sensor, 30 m temperature cable |
| |
-100 meter grid for active layer probing according to CALM protocol |
| |
-air and ground temperature mast |
| |
|
|
air |
ground (7cm) |
| |
94/95 |
Mean |
-9.73 |
-6.22 |
| |
|
Max. |
28.48 |
8.31 |
| |
|
Min. |
<-37.32 |
-21.61 |
| |
1995 |
|
NA |
NA |
| |
1996 |
|
NA |
NA |
| |
1997 |
|
NA |
NA |
| |
1998 |
|
NA |
NA |
| |
1999 |
Mean |
-10.36* |
NA |
| |
|
Max. |
28.93* |
NA |
| |
|
Min. |
-40.97* |
NA |
| |
2000 |
Mean |
-10.54 |
-5.72 |
| |
|
Max. |
27.48 |
12.18 |
| |
|
Min. |
-39.97 |
-23.02 |
| |
*Site air temperature in 1999 from nearby screen. |
| Met Station: |
Tuktoyaktuk, 69°26'N. 133° 1'W. |
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