Influence of Local Topography, Soils, and Vegetation on Microclimate and Hydrology at a High Arctic Site, Ellesmere Island, Canada

Influence of topography, soils, and vegetation on the microclimate and hydrology of four slopes and a plateau site located within a 1-km2 area in the continuous permafrost zone of Arctic Canada was studied. The field season covered two summers with contrasting climatic conditions. During the warm, dry summer (1990), the between-slope differences in radiation, and air and ground temperatures were exaggerated, while during the cloudy summer …