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Permafrost Map of Canada
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Datacenter:
Frozen Ground Data Center
Collection:
ADC
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GCW
Iso topic category:
Not available
Show Abstract
This map depicts the distribution, characteristics, and boundaries of permafrost and ground ice in Canada. Permafrost classification is based on the proportion of land that is underlain by permafrost within a a given area.Canada was divided into physiographic units, and each unit was classified in terms of permafrost extent and ground ice content. The map shows mountain permafrost as sporadic or isolated discontinuous permafrost, rather than as a separate category. This map can be found in the The National Atlas of Canada, 5th Edition (1978-95) published by Natural Resources Canada. The map and descriptive information was taken from the National Atlas of Canada website
http://atlas.gc.ca.
© 2002. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada with permission of Natural Resources Canada.
Show Keywords
GCMD Science Keyword
: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > FROZEN GROUND > GROUND ICE > >
GCMD Science Keyword
: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > GROUND ICE > >
GCMD Science Keyword
: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > PERMAFROST > >
GCMD Science Keyword
: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST > >
GCMD Science Keyword
: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > PERMAFROST > >
GCMD Science Keyword
: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE > >
GCMD Science Keyword
: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE > >
None
: Canada
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: Permafrost classifications
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: Permafrost depth
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: Permafrost regions
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: Permafrost Temperature
Metadata Information
Metadata identifier:
GGD604
Last metadata update:
2003-05-06T14:00:00Z
Last indexed:
2024-05-02T03:50:37Z
Alternate identifier:
Metadata status:
Inactive
Metadata update history
2003-05-06T14:00:00Z : Created : Made by transformation from DIF record
2019-02-11T13:00:00Z : Minor modification : Made by transformation from DIF record, type is hardcoded.
Related resources
Dataset landing page:
https://nsidc.org/data/GGD604/versions/1
Dataset Citation
Title:
Permafrost Map of Canada
Publication date:
2003-05-06T12:00:00Z
Series:
GGD604
URL:
https://nsidc.org/data/GGD604/versions/1
Investigator
Name:
J. Heginbottom
Email:
heginbottom@gsc.emr.ca
Technical contact
Metadata Author
Data center
Name:
Frozen Ground Data Center
Short name:
FGDC
URL:
http://nsidc.org/fgdc/
Data center contact
Name:
FGDC User Services
Email:
nsidc@nsidc.org
Platform
Name:
Instrument
Name:
Temporal extent
Geographic extent EPSG:4326
North:
85
South:
50
East:
-65
West:
-142
Observation location
Data access
HTTP:
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/d1e2048b-ccff-5852-aaa5-b861bd55c367
File storage information