Award Abstract #0520578
Thermal State of Permafrost (TSP): The US Contribution to the International Permafrost Observatory Network

NSF Org:	ARC Arctic Sciences Division
Initial Amendment Date:	August 22, 2006
Latest Amendment Date:	August 21, 2008
Award Number:	0520578
Award Instrument:	Continuing grant
Program Manager:	William J. Wiseman, Jr. ARC Arctic Sciences Division OPP Office of Polar Programs
Start Date:	September 1, 2006
Expires:	December 31, 2009 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$375021
Investigator(s):	Vladimir Romanovsky ffver@uaf.edu (Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus Adm Svcs Ctr Rm 109 Fairbanks, AK 99709 907/474-7314
NSF Program(s):	AON IMPLEMENTATION, ARCTIC RESRCH SUPPRT & LOGISTI
Field Application(s):	0311000 Polar Programs-Related
Program Reference Code(s):	OTHR, 9150, 1079, 0000
Program Element Code(s):	5293, 5205

ABSTRACT

Romanovsky

ARC 05-20578

This proposal will formally link approximately 66 Alaskan boreholes with similar sets of observations in other countries, and in so doing will formally initiate the International Network of Permafrost Observatories (INPO). This work will coordinate data collection using standard equipment and protocols at the Alaskan borehole sites and at a selected and comparable number of Russian borehole sites. The Alaskan and Russian borehole temperature data sets will provide the baseline to reconstruct past surface temperatures, to assess the future rates of change in near-surface permafrost temperatures and permafrost boundaries, and to provide spatial data for validation of climate scenario models and temperature reanalysis approaches. This proposal provides the US contribution to the proposed International Polar Year Thermal State of Permafrost (IPY/TSP) project that proposes to measure temperatures in a large number of globally distributed boreholes in order to provide a "snapshot" of permafrost temperatures in both time and space.

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

Brown, J. and V. E. Romanovsky. "Report from the International Permafrost Association: State of Permafrost in the First Decade of the 21st Century," Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, v.19, 2008, p. 255.

Groisman, P., Clark, V. Kattsov, D. Lettenmaier, I. Socolik, V. Aizen, Cartus, Chen, Conrad, Katzenberger, T. Krankina, Kukkonen, Machida, S. Maksyutov, Qi, D. Ojima, V. Romanovsky, Santoro, C. Schmullius, A. Shiklomanov, Shimoyama, H. Shugart, Shuman, So. "The Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership: An example of science applied to societal needs," BAMS, v.May, 2009, p. 671.

Lawrence, D. M., Slater A. G., Romanovsky V. E., and D. J. Nicolsky. "The sensitivity of a model projection of near-surface permafrost degradation to soil column depth and representation of soil organic matter," Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, v.113, 2008, p. F02011.

Marchenko, Sergei, Huijun Jin, Jerry Brown, and Vladimir Romanovsky. "Spatial and Temporal Changes of Permafrost Distribution in Asia," Quaternary International, v.167-168, 2007, p. 267.

Nicolsky, D. J., Romanovsky, V. E. and G. G. Panteleev. "Estimation of soil thermal properties using in-situ temperature measurements in the active layer and permafrost," Cold Regions Science and Technology, v.55, 2009, p. 120.

Osterkamp, T. E.. "Causes of warming and thawing permafrost in Alaska," EOS, v.88 (48), 2007.

Romanovsky, V., N. Oberman, D. Drozdov, G. Malkova, A. Kholodov, and S. Marchenko. "Permafrost, in: State of the Climate in 2008," BAMS, 2009, p. S91.

Yi, S., A. D. McGuire, J. Harden, E. Kasischke, K. Manies, L. Hinzman, A. Liljedahl, J. Randerson, H. Liu, V. E. Romanovsky, S. Marchenko, and Y. Kim. "Interactions between soil thermal and hydrological dynamics in the response of Alaska ecosystems to fire disturbance," Journal of Geophysical Research â?? Biogeosciences, v.114, 2009, p. G02015.

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