Canadian Transect of Soils and Vegetation for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map  View Catalog Page
Identification Information:
Dataset Identifier:
ARCSS081
Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: Grizelle Gonzalez, William A. Gould, and Martha K. Raynolds
Publication Date: 20020101
Title: Canadian Transect of Soils and Vegetation for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Linkage: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss081.html
Description:
Abstract:
This report summarizes environmental, vegetation, and soil data collected from 116 releves along a 2000-km transect from Amund Ringnes, Axel Heiberg, and Ellesmere Islands in the northern Canadian Arctic to a site at the southern edge of the Canadian tundra. Data include sample site descriptions (e.g., thaw depths, aspect, and surficial geology); soil pH, chemistry, and texture; and vascular, bryophyte, and lichen species cover.
Scientists involved in the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Mapping (CAVM) project, with the help of undergraduate students enrolled in a University of Minnesota field course, conducted this north-south transect study of the Canadian Arctic to investigate large-scale climate-related variations in vegetation.
Purpose: scientific research
Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Range of Dates/Times:
Beginning Date: 19990719
Ending Date: 19990911
Currentness Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: Unknown
Spatial Domain:
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -112°
East Bounding Coordinate: -85°
North Bounding Coordinate: 80°
South Bounding Coordinate: 64°
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Biological Classification Plants Lichens
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Biological Classification Plants Mosses/Hornworts/Liverworts
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Biosphere Terrestrial Ecosystems Alpine/Tundra
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Biosphere Terrestrial Ecosystems Wetlands Lacustrine Wetlands
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Biosphere Terrestrial Ecosystems Wetlands Riparian Wetlands
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Biosphere Vegetation Indigenous Vegetation
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Biosphere Vegetation Vegetation Cover
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Biosphere Vegetation Vegetation Species
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Calcium
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Nitrogen
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Organic Matter
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Permafrost
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Phosphorus
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Potassium
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Soil Chemistry
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Soil Classification
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Soil Moisture/Water Content
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Soil pH
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Soils Soil Texture
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE Land Surface Topography Landforms
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Project Keywords
Theme Keyword: ARCSS/LAII/ATLAS Arctic System Science/LAII/Arctic Transitions in the Land-Atmosphere System
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
Theme Keyword: CAMERAS
Theme Keyword: PH METERS
Theme Keyword: SOIL SAMPLER
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
Theme Keyword: GROUND STATIONS
Theme Keyword: GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
Theme Keyword: Amund Ringnes Island
Theme Keyword: ARCSS081
Theme Keyword: Arctic Canada
Theme Keyword: Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Theme Keyword: Arctic Transitions in the Land-Atmosphere System
Theme Keyword: ATLAS
Theme Keyword: Axel Heiberg Island
Theme Keyword: Black Top Ridge
Theme Keyword: Braun-Blanquet
Theme Keyword: Bryophytes
Theme Keyword: Bunde Fiord
Theme Keyword: Canadian Arctic
Theme Keyword: Canadian Arctic Soils
Theme Keyword: Canadian arctic transect
Theme Keyword: Canadian Arctic Vegetation
Theme Keyword: Canadian Transect
Theme Keyword: Cape Levvel
Theme Keyword: Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map
Theme Keyword: Climatic Gradient
Theme Keyword: Cornwallis Island
Theme Keyword: Daring Lake
Theme Keyword: Dry Tundra
Theme Keyword: Dwarf Shrubs
Theme Keyword: Dwarf Shrub Tundra
Theme Keyword: East Wind Lake
Theme Keyword: Ellesmere Island
Theme Keyword: environmental data
Theme Keyword: Eureka
Theme Keyword: Expedition Fiord
Theme Keyword: Field Description
Theme Keyword: Floristic Surveys
Theme Keyword: Hadley Bay
Theme Keyword: Hare Ridge
Theme Keyword: Land Surface
Theme Keyword: lichens
Theme Keyword: Mesic Tundra
Theme Keyword: mosses
Theme Keyword: Mount Pelly
Theme Keyword: National Science Foundation
Theme Keyword: NSF
Theme Keyword: NSIDC
Theme Keyword: OPP9732076
Theme Keyword: OPP-9732076
Theme Keyword: Photographs
Theme Keyword: Phytogeographic Subzones
Theme Keyword: Plant Communities
Theme Keyword: Plant Species Cover
Theme Keyword: Releve Plots
Theme Keyword: Releves
Theme Keyword: Resolute Bay
Theme Keyword: Riparian Habitats
Theme Keyword: Sedges
Theme Keyword: Snowbeds
Theme Keyword: Soil Analyses
Theme Keyword: Soil Bulk Density
Theme Keyword: Soil Chemistry
Theme Keyword: Soil Descriptions
Theme Keyword: Soil Moisture
Theme Keyword: Soil Organic Matter Content
Theme Keyword: Soil Particle Size Analysis
Theme Keyword: Soil pH
Theme Keyword: Soil Pits
Theme Keyword: Soil Properties
Theme Keyword: Soil Taxonomy
Theme Keyword: Soil Texture
Theme Keyword: Stratigrapher River
Theme Keyword: Substrates
Theme Keyword: Texture Estimates
Theme Keyword: Thanhieser
Theme Keyword: Toposequences
Theme Keyword: Tuktu River
Theme Keyword: Tundra Ecosystems
Theme Keyword: Tundra Vegetation
Theme Keyword: Vascular Plants
Theme Keyword: Vegetational
Theme Keyword: Vegetation Classification
Theme Keyword: Vegetation Communities
Theme Keyword: Vegetation Cover
Theme Keyword: Vegetation Description
Theme Keyword: Vegetation Ecology
Theme Keyword: Vegetation Height
Theme Keyword: Victoria Island
Theme Keyword: Wet Tundra
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus: NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
Place Keyword: Continent North America Canada Canadian Arctic
Place Keyword: Geographic Region Arctic Canadian Arctic
Place Keyword: Geographic Region Polar
Access Constraints:
None
Use Constraints:
None
Point of Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Person Primary:
Contact Person: NSIDC User Services
Contact Organization: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing
Address:
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
State or Province: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 1 303 492-2468 x
Contact Electronic Mail Address: nsidc@nsidc.org
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Distribution Information:
Distributor:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact Person: NSIDC User Services
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing
Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
State or Province: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 1 303 492-2468
Contact Electronic Mail Address: nsidc@nsidc.org
Resource Description:
ARCSS081
Distribution Liability:
NSIDC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NSIDC makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
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Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata Date:
20120918
Metadata Review Date:
20120918
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Person Primary:
Contact Person: NSIDC User Services
Contact Organization: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing
Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
State or Province: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 1 303 492-2468
Contact Electronic Mail Address: nsidc@nsidc.org
Metadata Standard Name:
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata:
Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata
Metadata Standard Version:
FGDC-STD-012-2002
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