| Resource Name |
Permafrost probability model for southern Yukon and northern BC |
| Unique File Number |
75 |
| Information Type |
applied research |
| Surface Water |
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| Aquatic Ecosystem |
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| Groundwater |
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| Groundwater & Surface Water |
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| Management for Natural & Industrial Hazards |
A |
| Strengths |
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| Limitations |
only covers north of 59 degrees latitude |
| Challenges |
lack of field data for validation |
| Outstanding Research Questions |
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| Outstanding Research Questions |
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| Information Subtype |
permafrost |
| Organization |
University of Ottawa |
| Resource Name |
Bonnaventure, P. P., Lewkowicz, A. G., Kremer, M. and Sawada, M. C. (2012), A Permafrost Probability Model for the Southern Yukon and Northern British Columbia, Canada. Permafrost Periglac. Process., 23: 52–68. doi: 10.1002/ppp.1733 |
| Resource Purpose |
Permafrost maps are needed for infrastructure planning, climatic change adaptation strategies and northern development but often lack sufficient detail for these purposes. The high-resolution (30 x 30 m grid cells) probability model for the southern Yukon and northern British Columbia presented in this paper (regional model) is a combination of seven local empirical-statistical models, each developed from basal temperature of snow measurements in winter and ground-truthing of frozen-ground presence in summer. |
| Type of Information |
article |
| How does this help decision making? |
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| Program Status |
complete |
| NE Coverage |
Northern BC specific |
| Drinking Water |
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| Ecosystem |
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| Fish |
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| Groundwater |
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| Public Safety |
Y |
| SW Quality |
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| SW Quantity |
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| Link |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ppp.1733/abstract |
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| Contact Email |
[email protected] |
