Entry_ID: ARCSS164
Entry_Title: Resource Allocation and Allometry of Plant Growth at Selected Sites in the Arctic: 2003-2005 Growing Seasons
Group: Data_Set_Citation
   Dataset_Creator: Gaius Shaver
   Dataset_Title: Resource Allocation and Allometry of Plant Growth at Selected Sites in the Arctic: 2003-2005 Growing Seasons
   Dataset_Release_Date: 2006-11-01
   Dataset_Release_Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
   Dataset_Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
   Online_Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss164.html
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Gaius (Gus)
   Middle_Name: R.
   Last_Name: Shaver
   Email: gshaver@lternet.edu
   Email: gshaver@lupine.mbl.edu
   Phone: 1 508 548-3705 x492
   Fax: 1 508  457-1548 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: Marine Biological Laboratory
      Address: Ecosystems Center
      City: Woods Hole
      Province_or_State: MA
      Postal_Code: 02543
   End_Group
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Lorna
   Middle_Name: E.
   Last_Name: Street
   Email: lstreet@mbl.edu
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: Marine Biological Laboratory
      Address: Ecosystems Center
      Address: The Ecosystems Center 7 MBL Street.
      City: Woods Hole
      Province_or_State: MA
      Postal_Code: 02543
      Country: USA
   End_Group
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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: Atmosphere
   Term: Atmospheric Pressure
   Variable_Level_1: Atmospheric Pressure Measurements
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Atmosphere
   Term: Atmospheric Temperature
   Variable_Level_1: Air Temperature
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Biosphere
   Term: Ecological Dynamics
   Variable_Level_1: Nutrient Cycling
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Biosphere
   Term: Ecological Dynamics
   Variable_Level_1: Photosynthesis
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Biosphere
   Term: Ecological Dynamics
   Variable_Level_1: Primary Production
   Detailed_Variable: Gross Primary Productivity, Net Ecosystem Productivity
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Biosphere
   Term: Ecological Dynamics
   Variable_Level_1: Respiration
   Detailed_Variable: Ecosystem Respiration
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Biosphere
   Term: Terrestrial Ecosystems
   Variable_Level_1: Alpine/Tundra
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Biosphere
   Term: Vegetation
   Variable_Level_1: Carbon
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Biosphere
   Term: Vegetation
   Variable_Level_1: Photosynthetically Active Radiation
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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: Biosphere
   Term: Vegetation
   Variable_Level_1: Vegetation Index
   Detailed_Variable: Normalized Deference Vegetation Index
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Biosphere
   Term: Vegetation
   Variable_Level_1: Vegetation Species
End_Group
Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Cryosphere
   Term: Frozen Ground
   Variable_Level_1: Soil Temperature
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Frozen Ground
   Variable_Level_1: Soil Temperature
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Soil Moisture/Water Content
   Detailed_Variable: Volumetric Water Content
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Soil Temperature
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ISO_Topic_Category: Biota
ISO_Topic_Category: Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Keyword: Alaska
Keyword: Alaskan North Slope
Keyword: Alpine/tundra
Keyword: ARC LTER
Keyword: ARCSS
Keyword: ARCSS164
Keyword: ARCSS Data Coordination Center
Keyword: Arctic Ecosystem
Keyword: Arctic Long Term Ecological Research Site
Keyword: Arctic LTER
Keyword: GPP
Keyword: International Tundra Experiment
Keyword: ITEX
Keyword: NDVI
Keyword: NEP
Keyword: Net Ecosystem Productivity
Keyword: Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
Keyword: Norway
Keyword: OPP-0352897
Keyword: PAR
Keyword: Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Keyword: Plant Respiration
Keyword: Primary Production
Keyword: Soil Water Content
Keyword: Sweden
Keyword: Terrestrial Ecosystems
Keyword: Toolik LTER
Keyword: Tundra Ecosystems
Keyword: Tundra Vegetation
Keyword: Vegetation Classification
Keyword: Vegetation Cover
Keyword: Vegetation Description
Keyword: vegetation distribution
Keyword: Vegetation Species
Keyword: Vegetation Types
Sensor_Name: GPS > Global Positioning System
Sensor_Name: PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER
Sensor_Name: SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE
Sensor_Name: SPECTROMETERS
Sensor_Name: TDR > Time Domain Reflectometry Probe
Sensor_Name: VISIBLE SPECTROMETER
Source_Name: GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Source_Name: GROUND STATIONS
Group: Temporal_Coverage
   Start_Date: 2003-07-05
   Stop_Date: 2005-08-05
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Data_Set_Progress: complete
Group: Spatial_Coverage
   Southernmost_Latitude: 68.3
   Northernmost_Latitude: 78.2167
   Westernmost_Longitude: -149.5667
   Easternmost_Longitude: 18.85
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: CONTINENT
   Location_Type: EUROPE
   Location_Subregion1: NORTHERN EUROPE
   Location_Subregion2: SCANDANAVIA
   Location_Subregion3: NORWAY
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Group: Location
   Location_Category: CONTINENT
   Location_Type: EUROPE
   Location_Subregion1: NORTHERN EUROPE
   Location_Subregion2: SCANDANAVIA
   Location_Subregion3: SWEDEN
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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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Project: ARCSS/LAII/ITEX > Arctic System Science/LAII/International Tundra Experiment
Project: LTER > Long-Term Ecological Research
Data_Set_Language: English
Originating_Center: NSIDC_ARCSS
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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   End_Group
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Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: FTP
   Distribution_Size: 575 KB
   Distribution_Format: Microsoft Excel
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Group: Reference

   Hooper, D. U., Z. G. Cardon, F. S. Chapin III, and M. Durant. 2002. Corrected 
   calculations for soil and ecosystem measurements of CO2 flux using the LI-COR 
   6200 portable photosynthesis system. Oecologia 132:1-11. 

   Williams, M., L. Street, M. T. Van Wijk, and G. R. Shaver (in press). 
   Identifying differences in carbon exchange among arctic ecosystem types. 
   Ecosystems.

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Group: Summary

   This data set consists of seven data files containing measurements from Arctic 
   field sites during the summer months from 5 July 2003 to 5 August 2005 as part 
   of the Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions (LAII) International Tundra Experiment 
   (ITEX). Investigators designed this research, which compares an extensive 
   range of vegetation types that exists in widely-separated sites, to help 
   identify the relative vulnerability of different vegetation types, plant 
   functional types, and species to climate change and other forms of 
   disturbances. They evaluated specific parameters to improve understanding of 
   the broad patterns of vegetation change and vegetation function across the 
   Arctic and quantify the constraints on the patterns of growth of arctic-plant 
   feedbacks to the Arctic System. The research sites are located in Alaska, USA; 
   Abisko, Sweden; and Svalbard, Norway. 

   Data are in Microsoft Excel (.xls) format, viewable with spreadsheet software. 
   Data are distributed as an approximately 575 KB compressed file and are 
   available via FTP.

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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
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   URL: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/arc/
   Description: Arctic Long Term Ecological Research (ARC LTER)
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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
   End_Group
   URL: http://www.dur.ac.uk/stepps.project/
   Description: Snow in Tundra Environments: Patterns, Processes and Scaling (STEPPS)
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Metadata_Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata_Version: 9.7
DIF_Creation_Date: 2006-11-01
Last_DIF_Revision_Date: 2012-06-26
DIF_Revision_History: corrected problems with See Also URLs