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Patterns of soil temperature and moisture in the active layer and upper permafrost at Barrow, Alaska: 1993–1999 by Hinkel, K.M., Paetzold, F., Nelson, F.E., Bockheim, J.G.

“…Soil temperature has been monitored continuously at hourly intervals to a depth of 1 m since 1993 at a site near Barrow, AK. Time series of soil moisture from…”
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Characteristics and Significance of the Transition Zone in Drained Thaw-Lake Basins of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska by Bockheim, J. G., Hinkel, K. M.

“…In the three-component conceptual model of arctic soils, the transition zone is recognized as a layer intermediate between the seasonally thawed active layer…”
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Detection of tundra trail damage near Barrow, Alaska using remote imagery by Hinkel, K.M., Eisner, W.R., Kim, C.J.

“…In the past several decades, the use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) has proliferated in many Arctic communities in North America. One example is the village of…”
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Satellite remote sensing classification of thaw lakes and drained thaw lake basins on the North Slope of Alaska by Frohn, Robert C., Hinkel, Kenneth M., Eisner, Wendy R.

“…The purpose of this research was to map thaw lakes and drained thaw lake basins (DTLBs) on the North Slope of Alaska using satellite remote sensing. This…”
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Thermokarst Lakes on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska: Geomorphic Controls on Bathymetry by Hinkel, Kenneth M., Sheng, Yongwei, Lenters, John D., Lyons, Evan A., Beck, Richard A., Eisner, Wendy R., Wang, Jida

“…ABSTRACT Detailed bathymetric data were collected for 28 thermokarst lakes across the Arctic Coastal Plain (ACP) of northern Alaska from areas with distinctly…”
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Archaeal and bacterial communities across a chronosequence of drained lake basins in arctic alaska by Kao-Kniffin, J., Woodcroft, B.J., Carver, S.M., Bockheim, J.G., Handelsman, J., Tyson, G.W., Hinkel, K.M., Mueller, C.W.

“…We examined patterns in soil microbial community composition across a successional gradient of drained lake basins in the Arctic Coastal Plain. Analysis of 16S…”
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The circumpolar active layer monitoring (calm) program: Research designs and initial results by Brown, J., Hinkel, K. M., Nelson, F. E.

“…The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) program, designed to observe the response of the active layer and near-surface permafrost to climate change,…”
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Morphometric and spatial analysis of thaw lakes and drained thaw lake basins in the western Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska by Hinkel, K. M., Frohn, R. C., Nelson, F. E., Eisner, W. R., Beck, R. A.

“…Landsat‐7 ETM + scenes were acquired for the western Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska extending from 152° to 162° W longitude. A segmentation algorithm was used…”
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Thermokarst Lakes on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska: Spatial and Temporal Variability in Summer Water Temperature by Hinkel, Kenneth M., Lenters, John D., Sheng, Yongwei, Lyons, Evan A., Beck, Richard A., Eisner, Wendy R., Maurer, Eric F., Wang, Jida, Potter, Brittany L.

“…ABSTRACT In summer 2010, water temperature profile measurements were made in 12 thermokarst lakes along a 150‐km long north–south transect across the Arctic…”
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Carbon pools and accumulation rates in an age-series of soils in drained thaw-lake basins, Arctic Alaska by Bockheim, J.G, Hinkel, K.M, Eisner, W.R, Dai, X.Y

“…We examined soils in 20 drained thaw-lake basins (DTLBs) near Barrow representing four age classes: young [0-50 years before present (BP)], medium (50-300 BP),…”
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Regional lake ice meltout patterns near Barrow, Alaska by Hinkel, Kenneth M., Lin, Zheng, Sheng, Yongwei, Lyons, Evan A.

“…The coastal plain of Arctic Alaska contains many thousands of lakes developed in continuous permafrost, which are ice-free for only 3-4 months each year. The…”
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Detection of subsurface permafrost features with ground-penetrating radar, Barrow, Alaska by Hinkel, K. M., Doolittle, J. A., Bockheim, J. G., Nelson, F. E., Paetzold, R., Kimble, J. M., Travis, R.

“…A ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) survey was conducted in May 1999 on the 1 km2 Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) grid 5 km east of Barrow, Alaska…”
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The transient layer : implications for geocryology and climate-change science: In honour of Professor Emeritus Hugh M. French : papers from the joint Meeting of the Canadian Geomorphology Research Group and l'Association Québécoise pour l'Etude du Quaternaire, May 2004. Special Issue by SHUR, Y, HINKEL, K.M, NELSON, F.E

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Soil organic carbon storage and distribution in arctic tundra, Barrow, Alaska by Bockheim, J.G, Everett, L.R, Hinkel, K.M, Nelson, F.E, Brown, J

“…Soil organic C (SOC) levels were determined to a depth of 100 cm for the nine units designated on a 1957 1:20000 soil map of Barrow, AK prepared by J.V. Drew…”
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Sikuliqiruq: ice dynamics of the Meade River - Arctic Alaska, from freezeup to breakup from time-series ground imagery by Beck, Richard A., Rettig, Andrew J., Ivenso, Chantal, Eisner, Wendy R., Hinkel, Kenneth M., Jones, Benjamin M., Arp, Christopher D., Grosse, Guido, Whiteman, Douglas

“…Ice formation and breakup on Arctic rivers strongly influence river flow, sedimentation, river ecology, winter travel, and subsistence fishing and hunting by…”
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Introduction : the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) workshop and the CALM program by NELSON, F.E, SHIKLOMANOV, N.I, HINKEL, K.M, CHRISTIANSEN, H.H

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Factors Affecting the Distribution of Populus balsamifera on the North Slope of Alaska, U.S.A by Bockheim, J. G., O'Brien, J. D., Munroe, J. S., Hinkel, K. M.

“…Balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera) groves occur north of the Brooks Range and treeline in arctic Alaska in a region of continuous permafrost and tundra…”
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Soils of the Barrow region, Alaska by Bockheim, J. G., Hinkel, K. M., Nelson, F. E.

“…Soils have been studied near Barrow, Alaska for nearly 50 years. Since 1995 we have described, sampled, and characterized 26 pedons in the Barrow region,…”
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The Summer Climate of an Arctic Coastal Village: Preliminary Observations from the Barrow Urban Heat-island Study by Hinkel, Kenneth M., Klene, Anna E., Nelson, Frederick E.

“…The coastal village of Barrow, Alaska (71.3° N, 156.5° W) is the northernmost settlement in the United States. With 4000 residents, it is also the largest…”
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Estimating the Variability of Active‐Layer Thaw Depth in Two Physiographic Regions of Northern Alaska by Gomersall, Claire E., Hinkel, Kenneth M.

“…The active layer is the zone above permafrost that experiences seasonal freeze and thaw. Active‐layer thickness varies annually in response to air and surface…”
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