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CALM SITE U13 |
TOOLIK LTER |
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Site code |
U13 |
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Site name |
Toolik
Lake |
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CAPS I Metadata form |
GGD334 |
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CAPS II Metadata form |
GGD313U_13 |
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Responsible for data submission |
George
Kling |
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Email Address |
Gwk”-at-“umich.edu |
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Institution/Organization |
University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
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Location description |
Arctic Alaska |
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Location Lat. |
68 deg. 37 min. N |
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Location Lon. |
149 deg. 36 min. W |
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Elevation avg. (m) |
750 |
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Methods Grid |
200x900 |
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Methods Other |
NA |
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Landscape Description |
Glaciated
foothills tundra and prostrate-dwarf-shrub |
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Vegetation /Classification |
Tussock-graminoid, dwarf-shrub tundra and prostrate-dwarf-shrub,
moss tundra (moist acidic and nonacidic) |
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Soils (or Material) |
Ruptic-Histic Aquiturbel |
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Thaw depth measurements (year started)
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1990-2002 |
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Air temp. measurements (year started) |
NA |
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Snow cover measurements (year started) |
NA |
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Soil temp. measurements (year started) |
NA |
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soil moisture measurements (year started) |
NA |
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general description of soil moisture (dry, moist, wet,
saturated) |
moist to
saturated |
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soil texture: if non organic describe texture, if organic
indicate thickness of organic layer (cm) |
For Moist
Tussock Tundra: Average: 17 cm; Std dev: 7 cm; Min: 0 cm; Max: 45 |
DESCRIPTION OF AREA CONTAINING SITE:
NA
SOIL DESCRIPTION:
(predominant texture, i.e., ‘sand’, ‘gravel’,
‘peat’, etc.): NA
SAMPLING DESIGN AND METHOD:
NA
REFERENCES:
NA
Additional data and metadata is available at http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/
