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Size and bathymetry of Greiner Lake and other large lakes in its watershed, Nunavut
Most of the world’s lakes are in the Arctic, yet very little is known about these aquatic environments. We present here the size and depth data for five large lakes in the... -
Limnological and pigment data for surface waters along a hydrological...
Northern terrestrial ecosystems are undergoing rapid transformation, potentially affecting the chemistry and microbial community structure in rivers flowing through them. The... -
Ground temperature under unmitigated embankment along the Alaska Highway at...
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 1/10/2008 - 31/12/2018.... -
Meteorological, snow and soil data on shrub tundra at Bylot Island, Canadian...
These data were obtained on shrub tundra (Salix richardsonii) in the Canadian high Arctic, in Qarlikturvik valley on Bylot Island at 73°11'N, 79°45'W. A 1-year time series of... -
Inventory of rock glaciers in the Torngat Mountains of northern Labrador
The Torngat Mountains of northern Labrador are an Arctic cordilleran mountain range located at the southern limit of the Canadian Arctic. Sparse observations of periglacial... -
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... -
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 Purple Valley at the head of Milne Fiord, northern...
This dataset provides a long-term weather record from Purple Valley, Ellesmere Island. This location is near the head of Milne Fiord and can serve as an index location for the... -
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... -
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... -
Food web characteristics of High-Arctic Greiner Lake near Cambridge Bay...
The Arctic biome is currently undergoing major modifications with climate change. Arctic freshwater ecosystems, as sentinel ecosystems, can record major climate changes before... -
Time series of water temperature, dissolved oxygen, conductivity,...
Long-term monitoring of lakes and fjords on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, provides information on the effects of climate change on these ecosystems and their... -
Dissolved methane, carbon dioxide and limnological data from subarctic...
Subarctic rivers of northern Québec (Nunavik, Canada) unveil a potential pathway for waterborne release of greenhouse gases generated through mobilization of organic matter in... -
Dynamics of ice cover over a far northern fiord: Direct observations of...
Long-term monitoring of lakes and fjords on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, provides information on the effects of climate change on these ecosystems and their... -
Ground surface temperatures, soil properties and vegetation cover in the...
During the summers of 2016, 2017 and 2018, field campaigns were conducted to study ice wedges and changes in the landscape of the Narsajuaq River Valley. The data presented here... -
Dynamics of ice cover over a far northern lake : Direct observations of Ward...
Long-term monitoring of lakes and fjords on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, provides information on the effects of climate change on these ecosystems and their... -
Relative abundance of tundra bird and mammal species encountered daily on...
Many vertebrate species in tundra communities occur in low abundance but may play an important role in terrestrial food webs. Although estimates of their absolute abundance may... -
Groundwater level and temperature, Tasiapik Valley, Nunavik, Quebec
This dataset includes continuous water level data from four different wells within the Tasiapik Valley, near the village of Umiujaq, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. The wells are...
