Canadian Transect of Soils and Vegetation for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map  View Catalog Page
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Canadian Transect of Soils and Vegetation for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map
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Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199 x
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Delivery Point: CIRES, 449 UCB
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
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Date Stamp:
2013-05-19
Metadata Standard Name:
ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata First Edition
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ISO 19115:2003
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http://nsidc.org/data/arcss081.html
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Data Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Title: Canadian Transect of Soils and Vegetation for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map
Date:
Date: 2002
Date Type:
Value: publication
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Edition Date: 2002-01-01
Identifier: ARCSS081
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Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
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Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
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City: Boulder
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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
Credit:
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Grizelle Gonzalez, William A. Gould, and Martha K. Raynolds. 2002. Canadian Transect of Soils and Vegetation for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.
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Individual Name: Donald (Skip) A. Walker
Organization Name: University of Alaska at Fairbanks
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 907 474-2460
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: Institute of Arctic Biology
City: Fairbanks
Administrative Area: AK
Postal Code: 99775-6780
Country: USA
Email: ffdaw@uaf.edu
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Individual Name: Grizelle Gonzalez
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Descriptive Keywords:
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Keyword: Continent > North America > Canada > Canadian Arctic
Keyword: Geographic Region > Arctic > Canadian Arctic
Keyword: Geographic Region > Polar
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Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biological Classification > Plants > Lichens
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biological Classification > Plants > Mosses/Hornworts/Liverworts
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Alpine/Tundra
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Wetlands > Lacustrine Wetlands
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Terrestrial Ecosystems > Wetlands > Riparian Wetlands
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Indigenous Vegetation
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Vegetation Cover
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Vegetation > Vegetation Species
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Calcium
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Nitrogen
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Organic Matter
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Permafrost
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Phosphorus
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Potassium
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Chemistry
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Classification
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Soil Moisture/Water Content
Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Land Surface > Soils > Soil pH
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Keyword: Amund Ringnes Island
Keyword: ARCSS081
Keyword: Arctic Canada
Keyword: Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Keyword: Arctic Transitions in the Land-Atmosphere System
Keyword: ATLAS
Keyword: Axel Heiberg Island
Keyword: Black Top Ridge
Keyword: Braun-Blanquet
Keyword: Bryophytes
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Keyword: Canadian Arctic
Keyword: Canadian Arctic Soils
Keyword: Canadian arctic transect
Keyword: Canadian Arctic Vegetation
Keyword: Canadian Transect
Keyword: Cape Levvel
Keyword: Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map
Keyword: Climatic Gradient
Keyword: Cornwallis Island
Keyword: Daring Lake
Keyword: Dry Tundra
Keyword: Dwarf Shrubs
Keyword: Dwarf Shrub Tundra
Keyword: East Wind Lake
Keyword: Ellesmere Island
Keyword: environmental data
Keyword: Eureka
Keyword: Expedition Fiord
Keyword: Field Description
Keyword: Floristic Surveys
Keyword: Hadley Bay
Keyword: Hare Ridge
Keyword: Land Surface
Keyword: lichens
Keyword: Mesic Tundra
Keyword: mosses
Keyword: Mount Pelly
Keyword: National Science Foundation
Keyword: NSF
Keyword: NSIDC
Keyword: OPP9732076
Keyword: OPP-9732076
Keyword: Photographs
Keyword: Phytogeographic Subzones
Keyword: Plant Communities
Keyword: Plant Species Cover
Keyword: Releve Plots
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Keyword: Resolute Bay
Keyword: Riparian Habitats
Keyword: Sedges
Keyword: Snowbeds
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Keyword: Soil Bulk Density
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Keyword: Soil Moisture
Keyword: Soil Organic Matter Content
Keyword: Soil Particle Size Analysis
Keyword: Soil pH
Keyword: Soil Pits
Keyword: Soil Properties
Keyword: Soil Taxonomy
Keyword: Soil Texture
Keyword: Stratigrapher River
Keyword: Substrates
Keyword: Texture Estimates
Keyword: Thanhieser
Keyword: Toposequences
Keyword: Tuktu River
Keyword: Tundra Ecosystems
Keyword: Tundra Vegetation
Keyword: Vascular Plants
Keyword: Vegetational
Keyword: Vegetation Classification
Keyword: Vegetation Communities
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Keyword: Vegetation Description
Keyword: Vegetation Ecology
Keyword: Vegetation Height
Keyword: Victoria Island
Keyword: Wet Tundra
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Extent Information:
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Westbound Longitude: -112
Eastbound Longitude: -85
Southbound Latitude: 64
Northbound Latitude: 80
Temporal Element:
Time Period:
Begin Position: 19990719
End Position: 19990911
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Distribution Information:
Distributor Information:
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Individual Name: NSIDC User Services
Organization Name: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact:
Contact Phone:
Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
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Individual Name: NSIDC ARCSS User Services
Organization Name: NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
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Contact Voice Telephone: 1 303 492-6199
Contact Address:
Delivery Point: National Snow and Ice Data Center
City: Boulder
Administrative Area: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
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Data Acquisition Information:
Instrument Information:
Instrument:
Name: CAMERAS
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: PH METERS
Type: sensor
Instrument:
Name: SOIL SAMPLER
Type: sensor
Platform Information:
Platform:
Name: GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
Platform:
Name: GROUND STATIONS
Description: satellite
Instrument: N/A
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