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Nordicana D46 / DOI : 10.5885/45567CE-639242EA518841D0

Soil temperature and soil water content measurements near Umiujaq and in the Sheldrake catchment
Monique Bernier1, 3, Ralf Ludwig2, 3, Jimmy Poulin1, 3, Chaima Touati1, Parvin Kalantari1, 3, Lingxiao Wang2, Yueli Chen2, Andres Jacome1, Tahiana Ratsimbazafy1, 3

1Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Quebec City, Canada
2Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany
3Centre d'études nordiques, Université Laval

Abstract

In northern regions, the seasonal Freeze Thaw (FT) is among climatic phenomenon having major impacts on terrestrial photosynthesis and respiration as well as soil evaporation and water percolation into the underground soil layers. From 2011 onwards, a study was led by the Research team in Environmental and Northern Remote Sensing (TENOR) of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), in association with Centre for Northern Studies (CEN) and the Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) in Germany. The FT status of the soil is monitored with space-born satellite images (SMOS, SMAP, ALOS-PALSAR, TerraSAR-X, and Sentinel-1) by applying algorithms to detect the freezing on set and offset date of the soil. Further, Interferometric SAR technics (InSAR) are applied to monitor the vertical motion of the ground caused by permafrost degradation. To validate the results, probes were installed near the soil surface (in the first 15 centimeters) near the village of Umiujaq, located in Nunavik along the Hudson Bay coast. This subarctic region was chosen as many scientific studies linked to permafrost monitoring has been done by the Center of Northern Studies scientists. Then, hourly soil temperature and soil water content are recorded since September 26, 2011 at different locations around the Umiujaq village and at the Sheldrake watershed.

Data citation
Bernier, M., Ludwig, R., Poulin, J., Touati, C., Kalantari, P., Wang, L., Chen, Y., Jacome, A., Ratsimbazafy, T. 2019. Soil temperature and soil water content measurements near Umiujaq and in the Sheldrake catchment, v. 1.0 (2011-2018). Nordicana D46, doi: 10.5885/45567CE-639242EA518841D0.

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Key references
Duguay, Y., Bernier, M. , Levesque, E., Tremblay, B., (2015). "Potential of C and X Band SAR for Shrub Growth Monitoring in Sub-Arctic Environments." Remote Sensing 7(7): 9410-9430. DOI: 10.3390/rs70709410.
Duguay, Y., Bernier, M., Lévesque, E., Domine, F., (2016). "Land Cover Classification in SubArctic Regions Using Fully Polarimetric RADARSAT-2 Data." Remote Sensing 8(9) DOI: 10.3390/rs8090697.
Kalantari, P., Bernier, M., McDonald, K. C., Poulin J., (2014). Using available time series of Passive and Active Microwave to develop SMAP Freeze/Thaw algorithms adapted for the canadian subarctic. 2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. July 13/18, Quebec City, Canada. Pages 2550-2553. DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946993.
Provencher-Nolet, L., M. Bernier and E. Lévesque (2014). "Quantification des changements récents à l'écotone forêt-toundra à partir de l'analyse numérique de photographies aériennes." Écoscience 21(3-4): 419-433. DOI: 10.2980/21-(3-4)-3715.
Wang, L., Jolivel, M., Marzahn, P., Bernier, M. and Ludwig, R., 2018. Thermokarst pond dynamics in subarctic environment monitoring with radar remote sensing. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 1-15. DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1986 DOI: 10.1002/ppp.1986.
Wang, L., Marzahn, P., Bernier, M. and Ludwig, R., 2018. Mapping permafrost landscape features using object-based image classification of multi-temporal SAR images. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 141, pp.10-29. DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.03.026.
Wang, L., Marzahn, P., Bernier, M., Jacome, A., Poulin, J. and Ludwig, R., (2017). Comparison of TerraSAR-X and ALOS PALSAR differential interferometry with multisource DEMs for monitoring ground displacement in a discontinuous permafrost region. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 10 (9), pp.4074-4093. DOI: 10.1109/jstars.2017.2707337.

Contributors
Domine, Florent (Takuvik Joint International Laboratory; Centre d’études nordiques, Laval University, Quebec.)
Marzahn, Philip (Department of Geography, LudwigMaximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany)
Lévesque, Esther (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières; Centre d’études nordiques, Laval University)
Tremblay, Benoit (Ministère du Développpement Durable, de l’Environnement et Lutte Contre les Changements Climatiques; Centre d’études Nordiques, Laval University)
Jolivel, Maxime (Centre d'études nordiques (CEN), Quebec, Canada)
McDonald, Kyle (Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, City College of New York, City University of New York, New York, NY 10031 USA)
Allard, Michel (Centre d’études nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada)
Provencher-Nolet, Laurence (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Quebec City, Canada; Centre d’études nordiques, Québec, Canada)
Duguay, Yannick (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Quebec City, Canada & Centre d’études nordiques, Québec, Canada)

Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the Canadian Space Agency for financial support through its support of the Canadian Science Team for the validation and calibration of the SMAP mission data under the leadership of Environment Canada. We would like to thank all the colleagues of the Canadian and US SMAP scientific team for their collaboration and in particular Dr. Stéphane Bélair for the establishment and management of a Canadian SMAP team. We thank Centre d’Études Nordiques for its logistical support through the programme des Regroupements stratégiques du Fond de Recherche du Québec (FRQ).

Status
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Version 1.0 (2011-2018) - Updated May 16, 2019

Measurement sites

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BGRA
 56.6116 -76.2138 192.94
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BGRB
 56.61221667 -76.21365 167.03
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NastaA
 56.92353333 -76.3814 145.08
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NastaB
 56.92391667 -76.38128333 135.03
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NastaC
 56.86098333 -76.22511667 185.93
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NastaD
 56.86075 -76.22525 181.97
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LacEauClairA (LECA)
 56.3508 -74.43976667 239.88
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LacEauClairB (LECB)
 56.3508 -74.44061667 241.1
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Sheldrake-4
 56.62146 -76.25722
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Hum1
 56.56076944 -76.54258889 48.003
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Hum2
 56.55583056 -76.54471111
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Hum3
 56.55852778 -76.48177778
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Hum4
 56.54855556 -76.53261111
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Hum5
 56.54528 -76.536694
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Hum6
 56.56438889 -76.48202778
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Hum7
 56.54041667 -76.43808333
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Hum8
 56.54322222 -76.44830556
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Hum9
 56.53711111 -76.43666667 25.91
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Hum10
 56.556605 -76.53157
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Sheldrake-1
 56.62072 -76.45457
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Sheldrake-2
 56.62379 -76.26895
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Sheldrake-3
 56.62288 -76.12855

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