SSF-Svalbard Science Forum
Detailed mapping of the active layer and top permafrost organic carbon pool and potential carbon release in central Svalbard
In order to investigate spatial distribution and size of permafrost soil carbon pools in central Svalbard, soil samples will be taken in spring 2014. Data from earlier fieldwork (2013) is available to be combined into a detailed map of carbon pools for th e area, which has not been done before. T...