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Investigators performed a stable isotope analysis of rain, snow, the Kolyma River, and a local stream near Cherskii, Siberia from 30 June 2002 through 27 April 2004. As part of the Russian-American Initiative on Shelf-land Environments (RAISE) program, this research was designed to quantify the impacts of disturbance on the seasonal cycle of atmospheric carbon dioxide and the discharge of carbon and nitrogen into the Arctic Ocean in forest and shrubby tundra regions. Monitoring the stable isotopic composition of water runoff from Arctic rivers provides a means to investigate integrated basin-scale changes. Investigators measured river water and precipitation δ18O and δD to partition the river flow into snow and rain components in the Kolyma River basin (Welp et al. 2005).
Data are tab-delimited ASCII text files and are available via FTP. A supplementary graph of the data is also provided in JPEG format.
Randerson, J. T., and L. R. Welp. 2007. Oxygen and deuterium isotope measurements from Siberia, 2002-2004. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Digital media.
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| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Data format | Tab-delimited ASCII text and JPEG |
| Spatial coverage | Southernmost Latitude: 67.30° N Northernmost Latitude: 69.43° N Westernmost Longitude: 158.45° E Easternmost Longitude: 161.92° E |
| Temporal coverage and resolution | 30 June 2002 through 27 April 2004, weekly to monthly |
| Files provided | The investigator-provided data and documentation files are as follows. 2005GL022857-kolyma_river.txt 2005GL022857-methods.txt 2005GL022857-rain.txt 2005GL022857-snow.txt 2005GL022857-stream.txt readme.txt supplement1.jpg |
| Data file sizes | < 5 KB |
| Parameters | Oxygen and deuterium isotope concentrations, river discharge, and precipitation |
| Procedures for obtaining data | Data are available via FTP. |
1. Contacts and Acknowledgments
2. Detailed Data Description
3. Data Access and Tools
4. Data Acquisition and Processing
5. References and Related Publications
6. Document Information
James Randerson
Department of Earth System Science
University of California, Irvine
3212 Croul Hall
Irvine, CA 92697
USA
Lisa Welp
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Science
21 Sachem St., ESC 300
New Haven, CT 06511
USA
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This research was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs (OPP) grant 0451413 to James Randerson.
Please see the investigator-provided documentation, readme.txt, available via FTP for file descriptions and structure information.
Data were collected weekly to monthly at selected sites including the Kolyma River and a local stream near Cherskii, Siberia.
Southernmost Latitude: 67.30° N
Northernmost Latitude: 69.43° N
Westernmost Longitude: 158.45° E
Easternmost Longitude: 161.92° E
Investigator collected data from 30 June 2002 through 27 April 2004.
Investigators performed a stable isotope analysis of rain, snow, the Kolyma River, and a local stream near Cherskii, Siberia. They surveyed the following parameters:
Analytical error of 18O and D measurements is 0.1 ‰ and 1.6 ‰, respectively.
Data are available via FTP.
Data are distributed as an approximately 56 KB, compressed file.
Please refer to Welp et al. (2005) for information on data acquisition and processing.
Please see the investigator-provided documentation, 2005GL022857-methods.txt, available via FTP for derivation information.
Welp, L. R., J. T. Randerson, J. C. Finlay, S. P. Davydov, G. M. Zimova, A. I. Davydova, and S. A. Zimov. 2005. A high-resolution time series of oxygen isotopes from the Kolyma River: Implications for the seasonal dynamics of discharge and basin-scale water use. Geophysical Research Letters 32, L14401, doi:10.1029/2005GL022857.
The following acronyms and abbreviations are used in this document.
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NSIDC | National Snow and Ice Data Center |
| OPP | Office of Polar Programs |
| ppm | Parts per million (permil, ‰) |
| RAISE | Russian-American Initiative on Shelf-land Environments |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| VSMOW | Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water |
January 2007
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