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: Marmot Basin 1, Jasper National Park

Site history (Year Started): 1979

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

Latitude and longitude: 52°47'52.8"N            118°07'2.0"W

Elevation above sea level(m): 2286m

Slope and aspect of site(s): 0°

Landform or geomorphological description of area occupied by site(s): Ridge top trending NNE-SSW

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

Vegetation classification (dominant, vegetation type, percentage of vegetation, bare ground, etc.): Alpine tundra -1% vegetation cover

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: Air temperature has been measured along with relative humidity (for some years). Originally the data was collected manually, but data loggers have been used since 1992

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: Snowfall is measured at the middle Chalet, Marmot Basin

Relevant publications (complete citation, use additional space):

"Permafrost Distribution Along the Rocky Mountains in Alberta" (with the late R.J.E. Brown).1982. The Roger J. E. Brown Memorial Volume, Proceedings of the 4^th Canadian Permafrost Conference, Calgary, Alberta, H.M. French, Ed. National Research Council, Ottawa, pp.59-67.

"Permafrost Distribution, Zonation, and Stability Along the Eastern Ranges of the Cordillera of North America", Arctic, vol. 39, 1986, 29-38.

"Distribution and Zonation of Permafrost Along the Eastern Ranges of the Cordillera of North America", Biuletyn Peryglacjalny, vol. 31, 1986, 107-118.

"Continentality Index: Its Uses and Limitations When Applied to Permafrost in the Canadian Cordillera", Journal of Physical Geography, vol. 10, 1989, 268-282.

"Long-Term Air and Ground Temperature Records From the Canadian Cordillera", Proc. 5^th Canadian Permafrost Conference. National Research Council of Canada. Universite Laval, Collection Nordicana #54, 1990, pp. 151-157.

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

"Twenty years of data on climate-permafrost-active layer variations at the lower limit of alpine permafrost, Marmot Basin, Jasper National Park, Canada." Geografiska Annaler, vol. 83A, 2001, pp.1-13.

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