Antarctic Permafrost Temperature Record from James Ross Island

Over 25 years of continuous temperature data has been collected from the Lachman Costa permafrost monitoring station on James Ross Island. The dataset records air, soil, and subsurface basement temperatures up to 2.5 meters deep. It was gathered by the SCIOPS organization, with measurements beginning in 1995.

Use Cases

• Modeling permafrost thermal regime using time-series data for air_temperature, soil_temperature, and basement_temperature.
• Analyzing seasonal and interannual temperature variations at different depths from the soil_temperature and basement_temperature columns.
• Correlating air_temperature trends with subsurface temperature data to study heat transfer in Antarctic soils.
• Validating climate models for the Antarctic Peninsula region using the long-term station record.

Strengths

• Time-series data collection spans over 25 years, starting in 1995.
• Measures temperature at three distinct levels: air, soil, and subsurface up to 2.5m depth.

Limitations

• Data is from a single monitoring station, limiting geographic generalizability.
• Unknown sample size, temporal resolution, and data completeness.
• Column names and specific data formats are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS organization via NASA EarthData.

Collection Method

Gathered by the Lachman Costa Permafrost Monitoring Station positioned at 8m height.

Time Range

1995 to present (exact end date unknown).

Geography

James Ross Island, Antarctic.