A distributed temperature profiling method for assessing spatial variability in ground temperatures in a discontinuous permafrost region of Alaska

Léger, Emmanuel; Dafflon, Baptiste; Robert, Yves; Ulrich, Craig; Peterson, John E.; Biraud, Sébastien C.; Romanovsky, Vladimir E.; Hubbard, Susan S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2853-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2853-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2853-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

Research article

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07 Nov 2019

Research article |

| 07 Nov 2019

A distributed temperature profiling method for assessing spatial variability in ground temperatures in a discontinuous permafrost region of Alaska

Emmanuel Léger, Baptiste Dafflon, Yves Robert, Craig Ulrich, John E. Peterson, Sébastien C. Biraud, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, and Susan S. Hubbard

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Léger at al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Mar 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1', Baptiste Dafflon, 25 Jul 2019
RC2: 'Referee Comments: "Distributed Temperature Profiling System Provides Spatially Dense Measurements and Insights about Permafrost Distribution in an Arctic Watershed"', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Jun 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Baptiste Dafflon, 25 Jul 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (28 Aug 2019) by Ketil Isaksen

AR by Baptiste Dafflon on behalf of the Authors (06 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (01 Oct 2019) by Ketil Isaksen

AR by Baptiste Dafflon on behalf of the Authors (07 Oct 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

We propose a new strategy called distributed temperature profiling (DTP) for improving the estimation of soil thermal properties through the use of an unprecedented number of laterally and vertically distributed temperature measurements. We tested a DTP system prototype by moving it sequentially across a discontinuous permafrost environment. The DTP enabled high-resolution identification of near-surface permafrost location and covariability with topography, vegetation, and soil properties.