Correlation between heat flux on the ground and permafrost thermal regime near the Spanish Antarctic Station
Abstract
During 1991/92 and 1993/94 Antarctic summers turbulent atmospheric parameters measuring device was installed near the Spanish Antarctic Station (SAS) at Livingston Island (South Setlhand Islands. Antarctica), in order to register the exchanged energy flux between the soil and the low atmosphere. Temporal evolution of Freezing/Thawing in the active layer of permafrost was also registered using several temperature probes. Base on the energy exchanged flux data and the movement of the free boundary in permafrost, we will study the active layer’s permafrost evolution as function as the energy change in the soil/atmosphere surface.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Climate change and permafrost
Polar Research and Ecology
Cryospheric studies and observations
Publication details
- Journal / source
- CRC Press eBooks
- Pages
- 395–396
- Publication date
- 17 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter