CALM SITE C21	MARMOT
Site code	C21
Site name	Marmot Basin #2
CAPS I Metadata form	GGD4
CAPS II Metadata form	GGD313C_21
Site Photograph	Data
Responsible for data submission	Stuart Harris
Email Address	harriss@acs.ucalgary.ca
Institution/Organization	University of Calgary
Location description	Rocky Mts
Location Lat.	52 deg. 48 min. N
Location Lon.	118 deg. 07 min. W
Elevation avg. (m)	2195
Name code	[41]
Methods Grid
Methods Other	T/B16.8
Years of record (a)	24
Min Thaw (cm)(b)	84
Max Thaw (cm)(b)	talik
Thawing Degree Days (c)	929
Landscape Description	Bench below steep slope
Vegetation /Classification	Moist alpine meadow
Soils (or Material)	(Loam overlying blocks at 1m)
1990	336*
1991	352**
1992	362**
1993	220*
1994	354**
1995	272**
1996	240*
1997	192*
1998	talik
1999	342*
2000	96**
2001	152**
2002	84**
soil temp. measurements (year started)	1979
soil moisture measurements (year started)	none
general description of soil moisture (dry, moist, wet, saturated)
soil texture: if non organic describe texture, if organic indicate thicknesss of organic layer (cm)
mean annual air temp	2.4
mean May air temp
mean June air temp
mean July air temp
mean August air temp
mean September air temp
total annual precip (mm)	108mm at 2000m
number of snow covered days
surface area of measurement (ha)
mean altitude (m)	2195m
min altitude
max altitude (m)
type of major disturbance	borehole drilled with water
date of major disturbance	Mar-79


additional thaw years
1979	289*
1980	288*
1981	393**
1982	260*
1983	302*
1984	220**
1985	186**
1986	188**
1987	194**
1988	240**
1989	246**
* +/-0.15
** +/-0.10

Active-Layer Thickness is inferred from ground temperature profile measurements. ALT values are presented in summary table.

Site metadata is provided in C21_meta.doc

DATA

List of available data

Data Access

Only Summary data is available and presented in Summary table