Monthly Summaries of Soil Temperature and Soil Moisture at Sites in Alaska, Version 1
Data set id:
GGD624
DOI: 10.7265/v4zj-p908
This is the most recent version of these data.

Overview

This data set contains soil temperature and soil moisture from 17 sites in Alaska. Temporal coverage varies by station; the earliest record is from September 1995, and the latest is from August 2001. Data from individual stations are available in tab-delimited ASCII text files. An Excel spreadsheet contains the same data compiled together in a single file. NSIDC currently provides these summary data via ftp; the full soil temperature and moisture data set is available from Ron Paetzold, USDA.
Parameter(s):
SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT
SOIL TEMPERATURE
Platform(s):
Not Specified
Sensor(s):
Not Specified
Data Format(s):
Not Specified
Temporal Coverage:
  • 1 September 1995 to 31 August 2001
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
  • Northern latitude
    70.475
    Southern latitude
    59.7583
    Eastern longitude
    -147.9139
    Western longitude
    -159.6722
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

Data Access

FTP File System Location
ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/fgdc/ggd624_soiltemp_alaska/
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Documentation

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