Permafrost outreach 2009
The University of Alaska EPSCoR program, NASA IPY and NSF IPY, Thermal State of Permafrost programs are conducting an outreach effort in conjunction with it's research focus on permafrost and infrastructure. The outreach effort has been termed the "Permafrost Health" program and consists of installing permafrost temperature monitoring systems!Sunday, May 27, 2007
Nalayh
Ulaanbaatar had permafrost 50 years ago by the city construction reports. however, we cannot find evidence today.
We select "Nalayh" city for this project. Nalayh is about 35km east of Ulaanbartar and originally coal mining town. Coal mining was closed late 80s but well known geological condition. Permafrost is present north facing slope and valley bottom. Active layer thickness is 3.5 to 5m deep. It is unuseal for Alaska but common in here!
We vsit high school for setting up presentation schedule and visiting several Sharkhuu's borehole sites. School is located middle of the town and no play ground. We cannot find any monitoring site in school yard. We decide to use one of the excisting boreholes.
We select "Nalayh" city for this project. Nalayh is about 35km east of Ulaanbartar and originally coal mining town. Coal mining was closed late 80s but well known geological condition. Permafrost is present north facing slope and valley bottom. Active layer thickness is 3.5 to 5m deep. It is unuseal for Alaska but common in here!
We vsit high school for setting up presentation schedule and visiting several Sharkhuu's borehole sites. School is located middle of the town and no play ground. We cannot find any monitoring site in school yard. We decide to use one of the excisting boreholes.
posted by uaf permafrost # 2:11 PM 
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