The role of catchment characteristics, discharge, and active layer thaw on seasonal stream chemistry across ten permafrost catchments

High latitude catchments are rapidly warming, leading to altered precipitation regimes, widespread permafrost degradation and observed shifts in stream chemistry for major arctic rivers. At headwater scales, stream discharge and chemistry are seasonally variable, and the relative influence of catchment characteristics, climate and active layer thaw on this seasonality has been poorly addressed. To provide new insight into mechanisms driving …