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Nordicana D112 / DOI : 10.5885/45816CE-40CAC672DE6C47BD

Snow cover height data, Tasiapik valley, Nunavik, Canada (2015-2020)
Philippe Fortier1,2, Jean-Michel Lemieux1,2
1Université Laval
2Centre d'études nordiques

Abstract

This dataset includes snow cover height data from a permafrost mound (i.e., lithalsa) located within the Tasiapik Valley, near the village of Umiujaq, Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. The data come from two different sample locations, one at the top and one at the side of the permafrost mound. Data were collected from 11 July 2015 – 30 November 2020 using a Reconyx PC800 camera and graduated snow poles installed at the two locations. These data support the article Fortier et al. (2023).

Data citation
Fortier, P., Lemieux, J.M. 2023. Snow cover height data, Tasiapik valley, Nunavik, Canada (2015-2020), v. 1.0 (2015-2020). Nordicana D112, doi: 10.5885/45816CE-40CAC672DE6C47BD.

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Key references
Fortier, P., Young, N. L., Lemieux, J.-M., Walvoord, M. A., & Fortier, R. (2023). Long-term, high-resolution permafrost monitoring reveals coupled energy balance and hydrogeologic controls on talik dynamics near Umiujaq (Nunavik, Québec, Canada). Water Resources Research, 59, e2022WR032456. DOI: 10.1029/2022WR032456.
Lemieux J-M, Fortier R, Murray R, Dagenais S, Cochand S, Delottier H, Therrien R, Molson J, Pryet A, Parhizkar M (2020) Groundwater dynamics within a watershed in the discontinuous permafrost zone near Umiujaq (Nunavik, Canada). Hydrogeology Journal. DOI: 10.1007/s10040-020-02110-4.
Young, N L, Lemieux, J-M, Delottier, H, Fortier, R, Fortier, P (2020) A conceptual model for anticipating the impact of landscape evolution on groundwater recharge in degrading permafrost environments. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL087695. DOI: 10.1029/2020GL087695.

Acknowledgements
This data was obtained with funds from the Ministère de l’environnement et de la lutte contre les changements climatiques du Québec (MELCC), the Fonds de recherche Nature et technologies du Québec (Quebec Research Fund – Nature and Technology - Establishment of New Researchers Grant), the Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) administered by Polar Knowledge Canada, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Strategic Project Grant, Discovery Grants, Nordic Research Supplement).

Status
Published

Version history
You can request for data from previous versions at nordicana@cen.ulaval.ca.


Version 1.0 (2015-2020) - Updated March 9, 2023

Measurement sites

  Site Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
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Butte sableuse, côté (SIDE)
 56.55828 -76.482142 132
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Butte sableuse, sommet (TOP)
 56.5583 -76.48228 134.792

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