Meteorological, Radiation, Soil, and Snow Data from Alaska Sites, 1998-2002

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Data Contributors

HINZMAN, LARRY D.
KANE, D.L.
GOERING, DOUGLAS

Parameters

AIR TEMPERATURE
HUMIDITY
INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION
LONGWAVE RADIATION
NET RADIATION
OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION
RAIN
SHORTWAVE RADIATION
SNOW DEPTH
SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT
SOIL TEMPERATURE
SURFACE WINDS > Wind Direction, Wind Speed

Instruments

NET RADIOMETERS
PROBES
TEMPERATURE LOGGERS
THERMISTORS

This data set contains meteorological, radiation, soil, and snow data from several sites in three regions in Alaska: Ivotuk, Kougarok and Council. The goal of the project is to improve the understanding of the role that soil moisture and surface temperature play in affecting the surface energy balance, sub-surface thermal dynamics, and vegetation distribution. Measurements were taken as part of the Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions Arctic Transitions in the Land-Atmosphere System (LAII-ATLAS) program. The research project was funded by the Arctic System Sciences (ARCSS) Program, grant number OPP-9818066. Please refer to the ATLAS Ivotuk, Kougarok, and Council web site (http://www.uaf.edu/water/projects/atlas/ivotuk/ivotuk.html) for a complete description of this project and the resulting data. Data are available by FTP.

Data Citation

Hinzman, L., D. Kane, and D. Goering. 2003. Meteorological, radiation, soil, and snow data from Alaska sites, 1998-2002. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology. Digital Media.

Data Location Maps

Location of sample sites:

Sample site locations, polar perspective