LONG-TERM OBSERVATIONS OF ACTIVE LAYER THAWING AND FREEZING, BARROW, ALASKA
Jerry Brown, Frederick Nelson, Vladimir Romanovsky, Cathy Seybold, Robert Hollister, Craig Tweedie
In the proceedings of: GeoQuébec 2015: 68th Canadian Geotechnical Conference & 7th Canadian Permafrost ConferenceSession: Characterization of Permafrost State and Variability I / Caractérisation et variabilité du pergélisol I
ABSTRACT: Beginning in the early 1950s and continuing to the present, Barrow has been a region of numerous active layer and permafrost investigations. The average active layer thickness (ALT) obtained by physical probing at two, permanently gridded sites for the periods (1962 -1970) and (1991-present) was 35 cm, with mean minimum of 22 cm in 1992 and a maximum of 45 in 1968. Additional 1970s ALT data from the nearby U.S. Tundra Biome sites are compared with these long-term data. ALT values based on measured soil temperatures from 1997 to present ranged from 33 to 63 cm with final freezeback dates ranging from October 9 to November 12. Average ALT calculated from modeled soil-permafrost temperatures (1924 to present) was 34 cm with a minimum of 18 cm in both 1945 and 1969 and a maximum of 54 cm in 1998. Modeled ALT values are comparable to those determined by temperature point measurements.
RÉSUMÉ: Des années 1950 jusqu™à présent, Barrow est une région où de nombreuses investigations de la couche active et du pergélisol ont été faites. L'épaisseur moyenne de la couche active (ALT) obtenue par des sondages à deux sites quadrillés permanemment, de 1962 à 1970 et de 1991 à aujourd™hui, était de 35 cm. L™épaisseur moyenne minimale était de 22 cm en 1992 et l™épaisseur maximale de 45 cm en 1968. Les valeurs d'ALT basées sur la température du sol, de 1997 jusqu™à aujourd™hui, sont comprises entre 33 et 63 cm avec des dates de regel final allant du 9 Octobre au 12 Novembre. L™ALT moyenne calculée selon la température du sol-pergélisol modélisé (1924 à 2015) était de 34 cm; le minimum était de 18 cm (1945 et 1969) et le maximum de 54 cm (1998). Les valeurs d'ALT modélisées sont comparables à celles déterminées par les points de mesures de température.
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Jerry Brown; Frederick Nelson; Vladimir Romanovsky; Cathy Seybold; Robert Hollister; Craig Tweedie (2015) LONG-TERM OBSERVATIONS OF ACTIVE LAYER THAWING AND FREEZING, BARROW, ALASKA in GEO2015. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.
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