Air and Soil Temperatures from Sites in Alaska 1995-2001

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Data Contributors WELKER, JEFF FAHNESTOCK, JACE Parameters ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE FROZEN GROUND > SOIL TEMPERATURE SOILS > SOIL TEMPERATURE Instruments SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE THERMOMETERS

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This data set consists of air and soil temperatures from various sites in Alaska between 1995 and 2001. Data loggers recorded soil temperatures at 1 cm below the ground or snow surface, and air temperatures at 1.6 m above the surface. Temperatures are given in degrees Celcius. Data collection sites around the state include: Toolik Lake, Galbraith, Happy Valley, Prudhoe Bay, Council, Livengood, Yukon River, Barrow, Gold Creek, Kanuti River, Fairbanks, Chandalar, and Graylink Lake.

The data consist of 53 space-delimited ASCII text files, and are available via ftp. Each data file contains date, time, and temperature columns, and some files contain additional data. A table in the documentation for this data set lists each data file and its contents.

The research project was funded by the Arctic System Sciences (ARCSS) Program, grant number OPP-9321730.

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Jeff Welker, Jace Fahnestock. 2003. Air and Soil Temperatures from Sites in Alaska 1995-2001. [indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center.

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