Seasonal frost penetration, Sleepers River Research Watershed, Vermont, USA, Version 1
Data set id:
GGD278
DOI: 10.7265/zsjv-z537
This is the most recent version of these data.
Overview
The frost tube network is located within a 3.25-square-mile sub-watershed of the Sleepers River Research Watershed near Danville, Vermont, USA. Tubes were positioned in forested and non-forested cover types. The forest cover includes beech, birch, maple hardwoods with a 7% slope and 240 degree aspect, mixed conifer (spruce and balsam) and hardwoods with a 3% slope and 240 degree aspect, and coniferous forest with a 3% slope and 240 degree aspect. The open areas include two large non-cultivated agricultural fields (with approximate 5% slopes and aspects of 240 and 15 degrees) and a small heavily instrumented opening. Site data were generally recorded weekly. Snow depth was measured with a metal meter ruler while frost readings were measured from a plastic tube filled with methylene blue dye suspended in a PVC outer tube. Data cover winter seasons 1983-84 to 1992-93 only. These data are presented on the CAPS Version 1.0 CD-ROM, June 1998.
Parameter(s):
ACTIVE LAYERFOREST COMPOSITION/VEGETATION STRUCTUREFREEZE/THAWSNOW DEPTHVEGETATION COVER
Platform(s):
Not Specified
Sensor(s):
Not Specified
Data Format(s):
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
1 January 1983 to 31 December 1992
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
- Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
44.53
S:
44.422
E:
-72.039
W:
-72.177
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.