Paleoenvironment, Geomorphic Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-lake Basins in the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, USA, 2002-2005  View Catalog Page Entry ID
ARCSS176
Summary
These data are from a study of the origin and associated geomorphological, ecological, and pedological processes of thaw-lake basins of the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. The research utilized high-resolution multispectral satellite data, ground-penetrating radar, and extensive coring to estimate the amount of carbon sequestered in the drained basins. Investigators used radiometric dating, microfossil analysis, and soil development to determine whether carbon accumulation rates respond to regional changes in climate, or if they are influenced by local rates of plant succession.
Investigators reported depths, adjusted depths, radiocarbon dates, calibrated radiocarbon dates, pollen, microfossils, soil bulk density, total organic carbon (TOC), and other descriptive statistics from the spring and summer seasons of April 2002 through April 2005. Data are in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, TIFF, JPEG, and ArcView Shapefile formats, available via FTP.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 72.2153°
S: 70.9055°
E: -155.5473°
W: -157.1417°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Wendy R. Eisner
Dataset Title: Paleoenvironment, Geomorphic Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-lake Basins in the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, USA, 2002-2005
Dataset Release Date: 2007-05-20
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss176.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2002-04-01
Stop Date: 2005-04-30
Data Resolution
Vertical Resolution: 10 cm
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ALASKA
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION ARCTIC
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
Science Keywords
- Land Surface Soils Soil Bulk Density
- Land Surface Soils Soil Depth
- Oceans Ocean Chemistry Organic Carbon Total Organic Carbon
- Paleoclimate Land Records Pollen
- Paleoclimate Land Records Radiocarbon Radiocarbon Dates
- Paleoclimate Ocean/Lake Records Microfossils
Ancillary Keywords
- Alaska
- ARCSS176
- Arctic Coastal Plain
- Coastal Alaska
- Cryopedology
- Drained thaw-lake basin
- Ecology
- Geomorphology
- microfossils
- OPP-0240338
- Organic Carbon
- Pollen
- Radiocarbon
- Soil Bulk Density
- Soil Organic Carbon Content
- Biota
- Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Platform
- GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
- LANDSAT-7
- SATELLITES
Instrument
- AMS ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETERS
- CARBON ANALYZERS
- ETM+ Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
- GPS Global Positioning System
Data Set Progress
complete
Originating Center
ARCSS/ADCC
Data Center
NSIDC Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/arcss/
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC ARCSS User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 122 KB
Distribution Format: Microsoft Word
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 18.9 MB
Distribution Format: JPEG
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 2.90 MB
Distribution Format: Microsoft Excel
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 218 MB
Distribution Format: TIFF
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 34.5 MB
Distribution Format: ESRI Shapefiles
Personnel
Wendy R. Eisner
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 513 556-3926
Fax: 1 513 556-3370
Email: wendy.eisner@uc.edu
Contact Address:
- University of Cincinnati
- Department of Geography
- Department of Geography, ML 131
- University of Cincinnati
- 2624 Clifton Avenue
City: Cincinnati
Province or State: OH
Postal Code: 45221
James G. Bockheim
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 608 263-5903
Fax: 1 608 265-2595
Email: bockheim@facstaff.wisc.edu
Contact Address:
- University of Wisconsin
- Soil Science Department
- 1525 Observatory Drive
City: Madison
Province or State: WI
Postal Code: 53706-1299
Country: USA
Kenneth M. Hinkel
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 513 556-3421
Email: Ken_Hinkel@compuserve.com
Contact Address:
- University of Cincinnati
- Department of Geography
- ML131
City: Cincinnati
Province or State: OH
Postal Code: 45221-0131
Country: USA
Richard Beck
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
- University of Cincinnati
- Department of Geography
City: Cincinnati
Province or State: Ohio
Postal Code: 5
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Microfossil Analysis
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Thaw Lakes of Northern Alaska
Reference
Beck, R., W. R. Eisner, K. M. Hinkel, H. Pesanti, B. Ellis, E. Beiswenger, W. Parker, M. Treadwell, S. Smith, L. Drogh, K. G. Hansen and V. Peskov. 2005. Nutarniq: Uniting the Arctic community with a wireless arctic network for circumpolar communications. Polar Geography 29(1):43.
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.
Eisner, W. R., J. G. Bockheim, K. M. Hinkel, T. A. Brown, F. E. Nelson, K. M. Peterson, and B. M. Jones. 2005. Paleoenvironmental analyses of an organic deposit from an erosional landscape remnant, Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology 217:187.
Eisner, W. R., K. M. Hinkel, J. G. Bockheim, and F. E. Nelson. 2003. Late-Quaternary paleoenvironmental record from a palsa-scale frost mound in arctic Alaska. Eighth International Conference on Permafrost, Zurich, 21-25 July 2003. Zurich, Switzerland. (Phillips, M., S. M. Springman, and L. U. Arenson, eds.), p. 229.
Frohn, R. C., K. M. Hinkel, and W. R. Eisner. 2005. Satellite remote sensing classification of thaw lakes and drained thaw lake basins on the North Slope of Alaska. Remote Sensing of the Environment 97:116. Hinkel, K. M., R. C. Frohn, F. E. Nelson, W. R. Eisner, R. A. Beck, and J. G. Bockheim. 2005. Morphometric and spatial analysis of thaw lakes and drained thaw lake basins in the western Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 16(4):327.
Hinkel, K. M., W. R. Eisner, J. G. Bockheim, F. E. Nelson, K. M. Peterson, and X. Y. 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.
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2007-05-20
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-09-13
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