Articles | Volume 13, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2853-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2853-2019
Research article
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07 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 07 Nov 2019

A distributed temperature profiling method for assessing spatial variability in ground temperatures in a discontinuous permafrost region of Alaska

Emmanuel Léger, Baptiste Dafflon, Yves Robert, Craig Ulrich, John E. Peterson, Sébastien C. Biraud, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, and Susan S. Hubbard

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Characterization of Soil Thermal and Electrical Properties along Multiple Hillslope Transects at Teller Road Site B. Dafflon, E. Leger, and S. Hubbard https://doi.org/10.5440/1559886

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We propose a new strategy called distributed temperature profiling (DTP) for improving the estimation of soil thermal properties through the use of an unprecedented number of laterally and vertically distributed temperature measurements. We tested a DTP system prototype by moving it sequentially across a discontinuous permafrost environment. The DTP enabled high-resolution identification of near-surface permafrost location and covariability with topography, vegetation, and soil properties.