Entry_ID: ARCSS176
Entry_Title: Paleoenvironment, Geomorphic Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-lake Basins in the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska, USA, 2002-2005
Group: 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
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Wendy
   Middle_Name: R.
   Last_Name: Eisner
   Email: wendy.eisner@uc.edu
   Phone: 1 513 556-3926 
   Fax: 1 513  556-3370 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: University of Cincinnati
      Address: Department of Geography
      Address: Department of Geography, ML 131
      Address: University of Cincinnati
      Address: 2624 Clifton Avenue
      City: Cincinnati
      Province_or_State: OH
      Postal_Code: 45221
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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: Investigator
   First_Name: Kenneth
   Middle_Name: M.
   Last_Name: Hinkel
   Email: Ken_Hinkel@compuserve.com
   Phone: 1 513 556-3421 
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: University of Cincinnati
      Address: Department of Geography
      Address: ML131
      City: Cincinnati
      Province_or_State: OH
      Postal_Code: 45221-0131
      Country: USA
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Group: Personnel
   Role: Investigator
   First_Name: Richard
   Last_Name: Beck
   Group: Contact_Address
      Address: University of Cincinnati
      Address: Department of Geography
      City: Cincinnati
      Province_or_State: Ohio
      Postal_Code: 5
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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: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Soil Bulk Density
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Land Surface
   Term: Soils
   Variable_Level_1: Soil Depth
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Oceans
   Term: Ocean Chemistry
   Variable_Level_1: Organic Carbon
   Detailed_Variable: Total Organic Carbon
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Paleoclimate
   Term: Land Records
   Variable_Level_1: Pollen
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Paleoclimate
   Term: Land Records
   Variable_Level_1: Radiocarbon
   Detailed_Variable: Radiocarbon Dates
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Group: Parameters
   Category: EARTH SCIENCE
   Topic: Paleoclimate
   Term: Ocean/Lake Records
   Variable_Level_1: Microfossils
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ISO_Topic_Category: Biota
ISO_Topic_Category: Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Keyword: Alaska
Keyword: ARCSS176
Keyword: Arctic Coastal Plain
Keyword: Coastal Alaska
Keyword: Cryopedology
Keyword: Drained thaw-lake basin
Keyword: Ecology
Keyword: Geomorphology
Keyword: microfossils
Keyword: OPP-0240338
Keyword: Organic Carbon
Keyword: Pollen
Keyword: Radiocarbon
Keyword: Soil Bulk Density
Keyword: Soil Organic Carbon Content
Sensor_Name: AMS > ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETERS
Sensor_Name: CARBON ANALYZERS
Sensor_Name: ETM+ > Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus
Sensor_Name: GPS > Global Positioning System
Source_Name: GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Source_Name: LANDSAT-7
Source_Name: SATELLITES
Group: Temporal_Coverage
   Start_Date: 2002-04-01
   Stop_Date: 2005-04-30
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Data_Set_Progress: complete
Group: Spatial_Coverage
   Southernmost_Latitude: 70.9055
   Northernmost_Latitude: 72.2153
   Westernmost_Longitude: -157.1417
   Easternmost_Longitude: -155.5473
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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: Location
   Location_Category: GEOGRAPHIC REGION
   Location_Type: NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
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Group: Data_Resolution
   Vertical_Resolution: 10 cm
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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: 122 KB
   Distribution_Format: Microsoft Word
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Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: FTP
   Distribution_Size: 18.9 MB
   Distribution_Format: JPEG
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Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: FTP
   Distribution_Size: 2.90 MB
   Distribution_Format: Microsoft Excel
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Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: FTP
   Distribution_Size: 218 MB
   Distribution_Format: TIFF
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Group: Distribution
   Distribution_Media: FTP
   Distribution_Size: 34.5 MB
   Distribution_Format: ESRI Shapefiles
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Group: 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.

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Group: 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.

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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
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   URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/parcs/atlas/beringia/fungus.html
   Description: Microfossil Analysis
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Group: Related_URL
   Group: URL_Content_Type
      Type: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
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   URL: http://www.geography.uc.edu/~kenhinke/dtlb/
   Description: Thaw Lakes of Northern Alaska
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Metadata_Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata_Version: 9.7
DIF_Creation_Date: 2007-05-20
Last_DIF_Revision_Date: 2012-09-13
DIF_Revision_History: Updated originating data center.