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A Reconnaissance Snow Survey across Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada, April 2007

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Sturm, Matthew, Derksen, Chris, Liston, Glen, Silis, Arvids, Solie, Daniel, Holmgren, Jon, and Huntington, Henry, 2008, A Reconnaissance Snow Survey across Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada, April 2007: DTIC Document, v. Technical Report, 88 p.-88 p.

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During April 2007, a coordinated series of snow measurements were made across the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada, during a 4200-km snowmobile traverse from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Baker Lake, Nunavut. While detailed, local snow measurements have been made as part of ongoing studies at tundra field sites in this region (Daring Lake and Trail Valley Creek in the Northwest Territories), systematic measurements at the regional scale have not been previously collected across this region. Consistent with observations of tundra snow in Alaska and northern Manitoba, the snow cover consisted of depth hoar and wind slab with small and ephemeral fractions of new, recent, and icy snow. The snow was shallow (less than 40 cm deep), usually [...]

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