Ground temperature under unmitigated embankment and in natural conditions along the Alaska Highway at the Beaver Creek Road Experimental Site, Yukon, Canada (1997-2007)

The data are from a test section of the Beaver Creek experimental road site (BC-RES) (62° 20' N; 140° 50' W; 649 m a.s.l.). The dataset covers the period 13/04/1997 - 31/12/2007. The thermistor strings (accuracy of ± 0.1 °C between -10 °C to +10 °C; ± 0.2 °C between -50 °C to -10°C and +10°C to 30 °C) were installed in the boreholes located in the natural ground (8.0 m, YG4 Original), at the centerline of the road (9.7 m, YG4 Original), and in the slope of the unmitigated embankment (9.7 m, YG4 Original). Detailed descriptions of the test section can be found in Coulombe et al. (2012), Malenfant-Lepage et al. (2012), Stephani (2013) and Chen et al. (2020, 2021). The ground temperature data (°C) are available as: (1) recorded data, measured at one-hour intervals; (2) daily averages.

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Source https://nordicana.cen.ulaval.ca/en/publication.php?doi=45789CE-B06C83701915428A
Version 1.0
Citation Fortier, D., Chen, L. 2022. Ground temperature under unmitigated embankment and in natural conditions along the Alaska Highway at the Beaver Creek Road Experimental Site, Yukon, Canada (1997-2007), v. 1.0 (1997-2007). Nordicana D102, doi: 10.5885/45789CE-B06C83701915428A.
Temporal coverage 1
Temporal coverage start
1997-04-13
Temporal coverage end
2007-12-31
Spatial coverage { "coordinates": [ -140.835, 62.337 ], "type": "Point" }
Station cen-whapmagoostui-kuujuarapik-research-station
Collaborator nordicana-d
Variable measured 1
Variable name
Ground temperature
Variable description
Ground temperature measured every 4h with thermistor cables at depths of 0.0 m, 0.4 m, 0.8 m, 1.2 m, 2.2 m, 3.2 m, 4.7 m, 6.2 m, 7.7 m, and 9.7 m.
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Variable URL
https://nordicana.cen.ulaval.ca/en/infodonnees.php?id=472
Measurement Technique
Date published
Status
Publisher 1
Publisher name
Nordicana D
Publisher URL
https://nordicana.cen.ulaval.ca/en/
Provider 1
Provider name
Centre for Nordic Studies (CEN)
Provider URL
https://www.cen.ulaval.ca/