The Yukon Geological Survey's permafrost monitoring network collected up to six years of data at seven stations between 2008 and 2013. It reports mean annual ground temperatures ranging from warm conditions (>-0.5°C) at sites like Whitehorse to colder temperatures (-2.9°C) at Beaver Creek. The dataset documents short-term warming or cooling trends at these monitoring stations.
Use Cases
- Modeling permafrost thermal state based on mean annual ground temperature data
- Analyzing short-term warming or cooling trends at specific monitoring stations
- Comparing permafrost conditions across different Yukon locations like Whitehorse and Beaver Creek
- Assessing latent heat effects on warm permafrost conditions (>-0.5°C)
Strengths
- Data spans up to six years from 2008 to 2013
- Includes results from seven distinct monitoring stations
- Reports specific temperature values, such as -2.9°C at Beaver Creek and -0.6°C at Faro
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to open_canada, focusing only on seven Yukon stations
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Yukon | Gouvernement du Yukon
- Time Range
- 2008-2013
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 16:03:44.099985; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Yukon, Canada (specific stations: Whitehorse, Watson Lake, Ross River, Dawson, Faro, Beaver Creek)