Romanovsky, Vladimir E; Drozdov, Dimitry S; Oberman, Naum G; Malkova, G V; Kholodov, Alexander L; Marchenko, S S; Moskalenko, Nataliya G; Sergeev, D O; Ukraintseva, N G; Abramov, A A; Gilichinsky, David A; Vasiliev, Alexander A (2010): (Table 1) Mean annual ground temperatures and description of permafrost boreholes in Russia [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819291, Supplement to: Romanovsky, VE et al. (2010): Thermal state of permafrost in Russia. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 21(2), 136-155, https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.683
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Abstract:
The results of the International Permafrost Association's International Polar Year Thermal State of Permafrost (TSP) project are presented based on field measurements from Russia during the IPY years (2007-09) and collected historical data. Most ground temperatures measured in existing and new boreholes show a substantial warming during the last 20 to 30 years. The magnitude of the warming varied with location, but was typically from 0.5°C to 2°C at the depth of zero annual amplitude. Thawing of Little Ice Age permafrost is ongoing at many locations. There are some indications that the late Holocene permafrost has begun to thaw at some undisturbed locations in northeastern Europe and northwest Siberia. Thawing of permafrost is most noticeable within the discontinuous permafrost domain. However, permafrost in Russia is also starting to thaw at some limited locations in the continuous permafrost zone. As a result, a northward displacement of the boundary between continuous and discontinuous permafrost zones was observed. This data set will serve as a baseline against which to measure changes of near-surface permafrost temperatures and permafrost boundaries, to validate climate model scenarios, and for temperature reanalysis.
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Coverage:
Median Latitude: 67.163296 * Median Longitude: 87.408109 * South-bound Latitude: 56.605500 * West-bound Longitude: 54.482800 * North-bound Latitude: 71.740000 * East-bound Longitude: 161.392000
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 5 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 30 m
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Comment:
Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | ||||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | ||||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | ||||
| 4 | Elevation of event | Elevation | m | |||
| 5 | Area/locality | Area | Romanovsky, Vladimir E | |||
| 6 | Sample ID | Sample ID | Romanovsky, Vladimir E | |||
| 7 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Geocode | ||
| 8 | Time coverage | Coverage | Romanovsky, Vladimir E | observed since.. | ||
| 9 | Temperature, ground, annual mean | MAGT | °C | Romanovsky, Vladimir E | ||
| 10 | Description | Description | Romanovsky, Vladimir E |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
230 data points
Data
| 1 Event | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 Elevation [m] | 5 Area | 6 Sample ID | 7 Depth sed [m] | 8 Coverage | 9 MAGT [°C] | 10 Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolvansky_59 | 68.2875 | 54.4988 | 29 | Bolvansky Cape | 59 | 15 | 1984 | -1.50 | The crest of a small ridge, very well-drained tundra |
| Bolvansky_55 | 68.2903 | 54.5026 | 20 | Bolvansky Cape | 55 | 12 | 1984 | -1.30 | Lower part of an elongated depression, well-drained tundra |
| Bolvansky_54 | 68.2842 | 54.5054 | 29 | Bolvansky Cape | 54 | 15 | 1984 | -1.80 | Very gently sloping surface, tundra with frost boils |
| Bolvansky_61 | 68.2874 | 54.4952 | 29 | Bolvansky Cape | 61 | 15 | 1984 | 0.50 | The bottom of a recently drained lake, a bog |
| Bolvansky_83 | 68.2853 | 54.4828 | 29 | Bolvansky Cape | 83 | 15 | 1985 | -1.80 | The crest of a small ridge, very well-drained tundra |
| Bolvansky_56 | 68.2898 | 54.5058 | 29 | Bolvansky Cape | 56 | 15 | 1988 | -0.50 | Upper part of a depression, peatland with ice-wedge polygons |
| Bolvansky_65 | 68.2865 | 54.5194 | 29 | Bolvansky Cape | 65 | 15 | 1984 | -1.20 | Gently sloping surface, tundra |
| Bolvansky_51 | 68.2936 | 54.5083 | 25 | Bolvansky Cape | 51 | 12 | 1984 | -1.10 | Shore of drained lake. Dry tundra |
| Bolvansky_53 | 68.2875 | 54.5036 | 27 | Bolvansky Cape | 53 | 12 | 1984 | -1.90 | Gentle slope. Polygonal tundra |
| Bolvansky_60 | 68.2880 | 54.4969 | 30 | Bolvansky Cape | 60 | 15 | 1984 | -1.40 | Top of the hill ridge. Tundra. Disturbed surface |
| Bolvansky_66 | 68.2875 | 54.5194 | 28 | Bolvansky Cape | 66 | 12 | 1984 | -1.90 | Gentle slope. Wet tundra |
| Vorkuta_ZS-124 | 67.3973 | 63.3754 | 154 | Vorkuta research region | ZS-124 | 15 | 1977 | -1.10 | Peatland with ice-wedge polygons |
| Vorkuta_KT-3b | 68.2803 | 62.5426 | 20 | Vorkuta research region | KT-3b | 15 | 1987 | -1.30 | Flat surface of an alluvial-marine terrace |
| Vorkuta_P-92 | 67.3216 | 62.3898 | 90 | Vorkuta research region | P-92 | 15 | 1983 | -2.40 | Gently sloping surface of an alluvial-lacustrine plain |
| Vorkuta_P-57 | 67.3249 | 62.3899 | 91 | Vorkuta research region | P-57 | 15 | 1983 | -1.90 | Flat surface of an alluvial-lacustrine plain |
| Vorkuta_BK-1615 | 67.4675 | 63.3600 | 86 | Vorkuta research region | BK-1615 | 19 | 1970 | -0.25 | Watershed of a glacial-marine plain |
| Vorkuta_DS-3 | 67.3956 | 63.3723 | 152 | Vorkuta research region | DS-3 | 22 | 1974 | -0.54 | Ice-wedge polygons on a glacial-marine plain |
| Vorkuta_YA-1 | 67.5073 | 64.0037 | Vorkuta research region | YA-1 | 22 | 1974 | -0.56 | Water track on an erosion plain | |
| Nadym_14 | 65.3000 | 72.8500 | 25 | Nadym research area | 14 | 10 | 1972 | -0.17 | Flat peatland on an alluvial-lacustrine plain |
| Nadym_11 | 65.3000 | 72.8500 | 25 | Nadym research area | 11 | 10 | 1975 | -0.52 | Large, flat peat mound, well drained |
| Nadym_23 | 65.3147 | 72.8612 | 25 | Nadym research area | 23 | 10 | 1972 | -0.12 | Small peaty frost mound with shrub-lichen cover |
| Nadym_1 | 65.3000 | 72.8500 | 25 | Nadym research area | 1 | 10 | 1971 | -0.04 | A bog with prostrate shrub-sedge-moss cover |
| Nadym_12 | 65.3156 | 72.8732 | 25 | Nadym research area | 12 | 10 | 1974 | -0.14 | Peaty frost mound with shrub-moss-lichen cover |
| Urengoy_15-20 | 66.3149 | 76.9066 | 7 | Urengoy research area | 15-20 | 10 | 1974 | -4.10 | A flat surface of the third marine terrace, disturbed site with a sand fill 1 to 2 m thick, the borehole is under the fill |
| Urengoy_15-03 | 67.4744 | 76.6922 | 7 | Urengoy research area | 15-03 | 10 | 1977 | -3.90 | A hummocky surface of the low alluvial terrace, wet tundra with mosses and lichens, silty soil |
| Urengoy_15-06 | 67.4767 | 76.6957 | 7 | Urengoy research area | 15-06 | 5 | 1974 | -0.65 | Hummocky slope of the third marine terrace within a patch of tall willow and alder shrub, silty sand and silty soils |
| Urengoy_15-08 | 67.4779 | 76.6952 | 7 | Urengoy research area | 15-08 | 10 | 1975 | -3.90 | A flat surface of the third marine terrace, shrub tundra with moss, silty soil |
| Urengoy_15-21 | 67.4779 | 76.6898 | 7 | Urengoy research area | 15-21 | 9 | 1977 | -3.70 | Sandy soils on a gentle slope |
| Urengoy_5-01 | 66.3137 | 76.9036 | 7 | Urengoy research area | 5-01 | 10 | 1975 | -0.04 | A gentle slope with scattered larch trees and dense shrub, sandy silt soils |
| Urengoy_5-08 | 66.3150 | 76.9089 | 7 | Urengoy research area | 5-08 | 9 | 1975 | -0.85 | Open forest-tundra with scattered birth and larch trees, sandy silt soils |
| Urengoy_5-09 | 66.3150 | 76.9091 | 7 | Urengoy research area | 5-09 | 10 | 1975 | -0.74 | Wet hummocky terrain with moss, lichens and shrubs, peat and silt |
| Urengoy_5-25 | 66.3013 | 76.9384 | 7 | Urengoy research area | 5-25 | 9 | 1975 | -0.22 | Sandy soils, birch forest disturbed by fire |
| Urengoy_5-28 | 67.4744 | 76.6922 | 7 | Urengoy research area | 5-28 | 9 | 1976 | 0.11 | Larch forest, lichens, sand and silty sand soils |
| N-Yakutia_11-03 | 71.7400 | 129.3500 | 15 | Northern Yakutia research region | 11-03 | 25 | 2003 | -10.70 | Watershed of Late Pleistocene accumulative plain. Moss vegetation |
| N-Yakutia_IV04 | 71.7400 | 129.3700 | 1 | Northern Yakutia research region | IV 04 | 14 | 2004 | -8.80 | Wet terrain of thermokarst depression. Moss tundra vegetation |
| N-Yakutia_5_06 | 70.5603 | 147.4423 | 40 | Northern Yakutia research region | 5_06 | 15 | 2006 | -9.40 | Watershed of Late Pleistocene accumulative plain. Moss vegetation |
| N-Yakutia_R33 | 70.0830 | 159.9830 | 20 | Northern Yakutia research region | R33 | 25 | 2001 | -10.10 | Dry terrain of thermokarst depression. Moss tundra vegetation |
| N-Yakutia_2-07 | 68.7255 | 158.9074 | 40 | Northern Yakutia research region | 2-07 | 25 | 2007 | -4.30 | Watershed of Late Pleistocene accumulative plain. Boreal forest |
| N-Yakutia_4-07 | 68.6389 | 161.3920 | 6 | Northern Yakutia research region | 4-07 | 24 | 1981/2007 | -5.50 | Kolyma River floodplain. Wet tussocky surface. Willow shrubs |
| N-Yakutia_5-07 | 68.8122 | 160.9884 | 15 | Northern Yakutia research region | 5-07 | 15 | 2007 | -0.90 | Sandy plain. Forest-tundra |
| N-Yakutia_208 | 68.6334 | 159.0788 | 25 | Northern Yakutia research region | 2 08 | 25 | 2008 | -6.20 | Dry thermokarst erosion depression. Boreal forest |
| N-Yakutia_14_79 | 69.4834 | 156.9878 | 40 | Northern Yakutia research region | 14_79 | 15 | 1979 | -9.00 | Watershed of Late Pleistocene accumulative plain. Moss vegetation |
| N-Yakutia_Tiksi | 71.5833 | 128.9167 | 43 | Northern Yakutia research region | Tiksi | 30 | 1992 | -10.80 | Dry terrain of mountain foothill. Moss tundra vegetation |
| Tr-Baykal_Most-1 | 56.9055 | 118.2813 | 770 | Trans-Baykal research region | Most-1 | 20 | 1988 | -4.80 | Flat intermountain depression, alluvium deposit. Shrub tundra vegetation |
| Tr-Baykal_6 | 56.6055 | 118.4265 | 1712 | Trans-Baykal research region | 6 | 20 | 1987 | -4.70 | Flat watershed, the stone circles in coarse rocky debris. Upper limit of mountain taiga-larch forest-tundra, shrubs |
| Tr-Baykal_38 | 56.6670 | 118.3608 | 1464 | Trans-Baykal research region | 38 | 19 | 1987 | -5.10 | Steep northeast slope, block slope deposit (kurums) surrounded with mountain tundra with 'cedar elfin wood' shrubs |