Meteorology, Vegetation, Radiation, Microtopography, and Thaw Depth Data, Alaska, 1995-1996

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Data Contributors CHAPIN III, F. STUART (TERRY) EUGSTER, WERNER MCFADDEN, JOE Parameters ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > LONGWAVE RADIATION ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SHORTWAVE RADIATION ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY SOILS > PERMAFROST > THAW DEPTH SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES > ALBEDO TOPOGRAPHY > CONTOURS > MICROTOPOGRAPHY VEGETATION > LEAF CHARACTERISTICS > LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI) VEGETATION > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION > PAR VEGETATION > VEGETATION SPECIES Instruments LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR PYRANOMETERS THERMISTORS THERMOMETERS

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Data include temperature, relative humidity, long- and short-wave radiation, photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), leaf area index (LAI), microtopography, and thaw depth data for study sites on the North Slope of Alaska. Meteorological parameters were measured at 20-second intervals and averaged to 6-minute records in a data logger. Data were later averaged to one hour. Radiation data were recorded every hour. Microtopography and thaw depths were measured by Terry Chapin's group from the University of California at Berkeley. Resolution of height contours is 0.3048 cm (1/100 of a foot). Thaw depths are given in meters.

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F. Stuart Chapin III, Werner Eugster, and Joe McFadden. 2003. Meteorology, Vegetation, Radiation, Microtopography, and Thaw Depth Data, Alaska, 1995-1996. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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