Spatial Analysis of Thaw Depth

Abstract

Statistical and spatial analyses were performed on existing thaw-depth data sets from a variety of climatic and terrain conditions to determine the variability of thaw. These data include permafrost sites in Alaska,temperate sites in the continental United States in Minnesota and Wisconsin,and a large-scale,controlled test section with no solar input in the Frost Effects Research Facility (FERF) at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)in Hanover,New Hampshire. Results can be used to spatially distribute soil properties based on point data or one-dimensional models,or to populate sparse data sets with terrain properties. They are also useful for analysis of impact of thaw distribution on predictive models,such as for predicting vehicle mobility.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA387600

Entities

People

  • Rosa T. Affleck
  • Sally A. Shoop

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Cold Regions
  • Data Science
  • Data Sets
  • Drainage Basins
  • Engineering
  • Geography
  • Grids
  • Information Science
  • New Hampshire
  • Organic Materials
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Regions
  • Research Facilities
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Terrain
  • United States

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Geotechnical Engineering.