Data:Permafrost Temperatures, Alaska
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Permafrost Temperatures, Alaska dataset information page
Short Description
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| Permafrost Borehole Locations |
Statement: U.S. Geological Survey's Borehole Temperature Logs from Arctic Alaska, pre-1989
Abstract: This dataset consists of borehole temperature measurements acquired in permafrost regions of arctic Alaska between 1950 and 1988 by the U.S. Geological Survey. A large number of the 87 sites (boreholes) represented in this dataset are deep enough to penetrate the base of permafrost.
Data format
| Data type: | Cryosphere |
| Data origin: | Measured |
| Data format: | ASCII |
| Other format: | temperature - depth curves |
| Data resolution: | variable depth intervals |
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Data Coverage
Spatial data coverage: Arctic Alaska
Temporal data coverage: Time snap shot
Time period covered: 1950-1988
Availability
Download data: http://gec.cr.usgs.gov/data/bht alaska/
Data source: http://gec.cr.usgs.gov/data/bht alaska/
