Articles | Volume 17, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4261-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-4261-2020
Research article
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26 Aug 2020
Research article |  | 26 Aug 2020

Linking tundra vegetation, snow, soil temperature, and permafrost

Inge Grünberg, Evan J. Wilcox, Simon Zwieback, Philip Marsh, and Julia Boike

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Topsoil temperature data below different vegetation types at Trail Valley Creek, Canada, 2016-2018 Inge Grünberg, Katharina Anders, Sabrina Marx, Stephan Lange, and Julia Boike https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.918615

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Based on topsoil temperature data for different vegetation types at a low Arctic tundra site, we found large small-scale variability. Winter temperatures were strongly influenced by vegetation through its effects on snow. Summer temperatures were similar below most vegetation types and not consistently related to late summer permafrost thaw depth. Given that vegetation type defines the relationship between winter and summer soil temperature and thaw depth, it controls permafrost vulnerability.
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