Entry_ID: ARCSS143
Entry_Title: Coring Data from Drained Thaw-Lake Basins of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska
Group: Data_Set_Citation
   Dataset_Creator: James G. Bockheim
   Dataset_Title: Coring Data from Drained Thaw-Lake Basins of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska
   Dataset_Release_Date: 2006-12-06
   Dataset_Release_Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
   Dataset_Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
   Online_Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss143.html
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: James G.
   Last_Name: Bockheim
   Email: bockheim@facstaff.wisc.edu
   Phone: 1 608 263-5903 
   Fax: 1 608  265-2595 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: University of Wisconsin
      Address: Soil Science Department
      Address: 1525 Observatory Drive
      City: Madison
      Province_or_State: WI
      Postal_Code: 53706-1299
      Country: USA
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Technical Contact
   First_Name: NSIDC
   Last_Name: User Services
   Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
   Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
   Fax: 1 303  492-2468 x
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
      Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
      Address: University of Colorado
      City: Boulder
      Province_or_State: CO
      Postal_Code: 80309-0449
      Country: USA
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Biosphere
   Term: Vegetation
   Variable_Level_1: Pollen
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Biosphere
   Term: Vegetation
   Variable_Level_1: Vegetation Cover
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Frozen Ground
   Variable_Level_1: Ground Ice
   Detailed_Variable: Ice Content
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Frozen Ground
   Variable_Level_1: Ground Ice
   Detailed_Variable: Ice Content
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Carbon
   Detailed_Variable: Carbon Density
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Carbon
   Detailed_Variable: Total Organic Carbon
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Cation Exchange Capacity
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Nitrogen
   Detailed_Variable: Total Organic Nitrogen
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Organic Matter
   Detailed_Variable: Organic Layer Thickness
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Soil Bulk Density
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Soil Chemistry
   Detailed_Variable: Aluminum Saturation
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Soil Chemistry
   Detailed_Variable: Base Saturation
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Soil Classification
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Soil Color
   Detailed_Variable: Munsell Soil Color
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Soil Depth
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Soil Horizons/Profile
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Soil Moisture/Water Content
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Soil pH
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Soil Texture
   Detailed_Variable: Textural Class
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ISO_Topic_Category: Biota
ISO_Topic_Category: Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Keyword: Alaska
Keyword: ARCSS143
Keyword: Arctic Coastal Plain
Keyword: Arctic Soils
Keyword: Cation Exchange Capacity
Keyword: Drained thaw-lake basin
Keyword: Frozen Soil
Keyword: Ground Ice
Keyword: OPP-0240338
Keyword: Soil Aluminum
Keyword: Soil Cations
Keyword: Soil Chemistry
Keyword: Soil Color
Keyword: soil core
Keyword: Soil Descriptions
Keyword: Soil Horizons
Keyword: Soil Moisture
Keyword: Soil Organic Carbon Content
Keyword: Soil Organic Nitrogen Content
Keyword: Soil pH
Keyword: Soils
Keyword: Soils Data
Keyword: Soil Water Content
Keyword: Vegetation Cover
Sensor_Name: MASS SPECTROMETERS
Sensor_Name: VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Group: Temporal_Coverage
   Start_Date: 2001-04-01
   Stop_Date: 2003-08-31
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Data_Set_Progress: complete
Group: Spatial_Coverage
   Southernmost_Latitude: 70.4325
   Northernmost_Latitude: 76.4379
   Westernmost_Longitude: -156.9804
   Easternmost_Longitude: -153.8315
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: CONTINENT
   Location_Type: NORTH AMERICA
   Location_Subregion1: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
   Location_Subregion2: ALASKA
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: GEOGRAPHIC REGION
   Location_Type: ARCTIC
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Group: Data_Resolution
   Temporal_Resolution: 6 mons
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Data_Set_Language: English
Originating_Center: ARCSS/ADCC
Group: Data_Center
   Data_Center_Name: NSIDC_ARCSS > NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
   Data_Center_URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
   Group: Personnel
      Role: Data Center Contact
      First_Name: NSIDC ARCSS
      Last_Name: User Services
      Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
      Phone: 1 303 492-6199 
      Fax: 1 303  492-2468 
      Group: Contact_Address
         Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center
         Address: CIRES, 449 UCB
         Address: University of Colorado
         City: Boulder
         Province_or_State: CO
         Postal_Code: 80309-0449
         Country: USA
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Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: FTP
   Distribution_Size: 1.66 MB
   Distribution_Format: Microsoft Excel
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Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: FTP
   Distribution_Size: 22 KB
   Distribution_Format: Microsoft Word
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Group: Reference

   Bockheim, J. G., J. D. O'Brien, J. S. Munroe, and K. M. Hinkel. 2003. Factors 
   affecting the distribution of Populus balsamifera on the North Slope of 
   Alaska, USA. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 35:331-340.

   Bockheim, J. G., K. M. Hinkel, and F. E. Nelson. 2003. Predicting carbon 
   storage in tundra soils of arctic Alaska. Soil Science Society of America 
   Journal 67:648-650.

   Bockheim, J. G., K. M. Hinkel, W. R. Eisner, and X. Y. Dai. 2004. Carbon pools 
   and accumulation rates in an age-series of soils in drained thaw-lake basins, 
   arctic Alaska. Soil Science Society of America Journal 68:697-704.

   Eisner, W. R., K. M. Hinkel, F. E. Nelson, and J. G. Bockheim. 2003. 
   Late-Quaternary paleoenvironmental record from a palsa-scale frost mound in 
   northern Alaska, pp. 229-234. In: Phillips, M., S. M. Springman, and L. K. 
   Arenson (eds.) Permafrost. Proceedings of the 8th International Permafrost 
   Conference, Zurich, Switzerland.  Hinkel, K. M., J. G. Bockheim, K. M. 
   Peterson, and D. W. Norton. 2003. Impact of snow fence construction on tundra 
   soil temperatures at Barrow, Alaska, pp. 401-405. In: Phillips, M., S. M. 
   Springman, and L. K. Arenson (eds.) Permafrost. Proceedings of the 8th 
   International Permafrost Conference, Zurich, Switzerland.  Hinkel, K. M., W. 
   R. Eisner, J. G. Bockheim, F. E. Nelson, K. M. Peterson, and X. Dai. 2003. 
   Spatial extent, age and carbon stocks in drained thaw lake basins on the 
   Barrow	Peninsula, Alaska. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 35:291-300.

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Group: Summary

   This data set includes measurements and observations taken from drained 
   thaw-lake basin (DTLB) cores retrieved from Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska in 
   April and August of 2001 through 2003. Investigators selected young, medium, 
   old, and ancient DTLBs to collect data from by surveying their vegetation. 
   DTLBs become sites for the accumulation of organic carbon as peat deposits. 
   With this research, investigators aimed to estimate the amount of carbon 
   sequestered in drained basins, supplement current knowledge of the basic 
   processes governing these important elements of the northern Alaskan 
   landscape, and provide new information on landscape-scale response to climate 
   change.

   Data files in Microsoft Excel format and documentation in Microsoft Word 
   format are available via FTP.

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Metadata_Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata_Version: 9.7
DIF_Creation_Date: 2006-12-06
Last_DIF_Revision_Date: 2012-09-13
DIF_Revision_History: Updated originating data center.