| Site: |
Norman Wells (C11) |
| Location: |
65°11'52"N. 126°27'56"W. |
| Elevation: |
51 meters |
| Slope: |
flat |
| Landform: |
alluvial terrace cut into silty till |
| Soil: |
30 cm of organic litter over poorly drained sandy silt |
| Vegetation: |
Complete ground cover of moss and typical Boreal vascular plants, 1 suggesting high moisture content, under mixed spruce, low canopy density |
| Snow: |
45-65 cm. snow pack |
| Installations: |
Thaw tube for active layer development |
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-Time domain reflectometry probes to 60, 90 and 120cm |
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-100 meter grid for active layer probing according to CALM protocol |
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-air and ground temperature mast |
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|
|
air |
ground (7 cm) |
|
| |
1994 |
Mean |
-6.3* |
-1.82 |
|
| |
|
Max. |
NA |
13.46 |
|
| |
|
Min. |
NA |
-15.10 |
|
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1995 |
Mean |
-5.7* |
-1.69 |
(20 days missing from July) |
| |
|
Max. |
32.47 |
11.12 |
|
| |
|
Min. |
<-37.37 |
-10.99 |
|
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1996 |
Mean |
-6.9* |
-1.47 |
(air temp from nearby site) |
| |
|
Max. |
33.01 |
11.98 |
|
| |
|
Min. |
<-37.37 |
-10.99 |
|
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1997 |
Mean |
-6.0* |
NA |
(air temp from nearby site) |
| |
|
Max. |
30.68 |
NA |
(26 days missing from June and July) |
| |
|
Min. |
<-37.37 |
-14.56 |
|
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1998 |
Mean |
-4.29 |
-0.35 |
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|
Max. |
32.51 |
12.57 |
|
| |
|
Min. |
<-37.37 |
-9.97 |
|
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1999 |
Mean |
-6.2* |
NA |
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| |
|
Max. |
NA |
NA |
|
| |
|
Min. |
-43.20 |
-8.73 |
|
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2000 |
Mean |
-6.21 |
-0.51 |
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|
Max. |
29.50 |
14.05 |
|
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|
Min. |
-46.22 |
-8.80 |
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*Site air temperature for 1994-97
and 1999 from reconstructed data. |
| Met Station: |
Norman Wells, 65°17'N. 126°48'W. |
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