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Morphometry of glacial lakes formed in front of glaciers C-93 and C-79
In formerly glaciated permafrost regions, extensive areas are still underlain by a considerable amount of glacier ice buried by glacigenic sediments. Although the extent and... -
Immatsiak network of groundwater monitoring at Umiujaq in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
Following the 2006-2012 action plan on climate change entitled "Le Québec et les changements climatiques, un défi pour l’avenir", the Government of Quebec implemented the tools... -
Coastal Labrador peatland permafrost inventory
Northern peatlands cover approximately four million km², and about half of these peatlands are estimated to contain permafrost and periglacial landforms, like palsas and peat... -
Measured and simulated snow irradiance profiles as well as snow specific...
This dataset was collected during an autumn campaign in 2015 in Umiujaq, Northern Quebec. The dataset includes vertical profiles of 1) snow specific surface area (SSA), 2) snow... -
Borehole and near-surface ground temperatures in northeastern Canada
Permafrost is the foundation upon which northern ecosystems and communities rest and upon which new industrial infrastructures are built. Determining the thermal state and... -
Environmental data from Boniface river region in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
Data are from Boniface river region in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. It contains data from air and ground temperatures, air humidity, solar radiation, wind speed and direction and... -
Ground temperature in natural conditions along the Alaska Highway at the...
This dataset comes from a borehole located along the Alaska Highway at the Beaver Creek Road Experimental Site (BC-RES), Yukon, Canada. Measurements were made every 4h... -
Climate station data from the Salluit Region in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada
Data are from the Salluit region in Nunavik, Québec, Canada. It contains data from air and ground temperatures and wind speed and direction. The available datasets cover the... -
Climate station data from Northern Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada
The data are from the northern region of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It contains data from air and ground temperatures, air humidity, solar radiation, wind speed and... -
Snow and temperature regime of a perennial ice patch, Ward Hunt Island,...
Long-term monitoring of an ice patch at Ward Hunt Island on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island (83°06'N 074°10'W; Nunavut, Canada) provides information on the seasonal and... -
Particulate matter and dissolved organic carbon concentrations in northern...
Ice covers northern lakes for much of the year and has biological and biogeochemical properties that differ from those in the underlying water. Since 2017, we have studied lake... -
Ground and air temperature under two sheds along the Alaska Highway at the...
To assess the impact of two sheds used to limit permafrost warming and degradation on a road embankment, soil surface and air temperatures were recorded with iButton sensors... -
In-situ snowpack physical properties in northeastern Canada (Québec,...
This data set is a compilation of in-situ snow cover measurements acquired during multi-site and multi-date measurement campaigns. It includes snow depth, bulk density and snow... -
Computed tomography (CT) scans of ice cores collected in two perennial ice...
Computed tomographic (CT) scanning was used (February 2018) for the analysis of ice cores collected with a 75 mm inner diameter SPIRE auger in July 2017 on two permanent ice...
