CEN project
Site Bylot
Panorama showing the snow trapping effect of the shrubs (Salix), visible at the center. Snow depth: right 22 cm, center 35 cm and left 30 cm. Photo Credit: Florent Domine May 16, 2015
Measurement site
Latitude
73.17
Longitude
-79.92
Altitude (m)
20
Site location
Sampling around the Centre for Northern Studies research station (SILA network) on Bylot Island, off the northern tip of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, 85 km from the village of Pond Inlet. Northern limit of the polar tundra, continuous permafrost.
Sites in the Qarlikturvik Valley south of the island, ice-wedge polygon area.
Site description
Field measurement acquired in 2014 and 2015, at the time of maximum snowpack (approximately at maximum snow water equivalent). Number of samples variable by year. For more information on the data, see the references cited in Table 1 of the referenced article Royer et al. 2021, Ecoscience