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CALM SITE U28 |
KOUGAROK 1km GRID |
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Site code |
U28 |
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Site name |
KOUGAROK |
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CAPS I Metadata form |
NA |
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CAPS II Metadata form |
NA |
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Responsible for data submission |
N. I. Shiklomanov |
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Email Address |
Shiklom”-at-“gwu.edu |
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Institution/Organization |
GWU,
Washington DC |
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Location description |
Seward
Peninsula |
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Location Lat. |
65o 27,338' N |
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Location Lon. |
164o 37,622' W |
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Elevation avg. (m) |
250 |
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Methods Grid |
1000 |
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Methods Other |
Air
Temperature, Soil temperature, Soil Moisture |
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Landscape Description |
Glaciated foothills |
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Vegetation /Classification |
about 70% tussock tundra w/moss, about 20% shrubs,
mostly on south facing slope and creek bottom, usually low and fairly sparse
except creek bottom |
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Soils (or Material) |
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Thaw depth
measurements (year started)
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2000 |
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Air temp.
measurements (year started) |
2000 |
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Snow cover
measurements (year started) |
NA |
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soil temp.
measurements (year started) |
2000 |
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soil
moisture measurements (year started) |
2000 |
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general description
of soil moisture (dry, moist, wet, saturated) |
Dry
to moist |
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soil
texture: if non organic describe texture, if organic indicate thickness of
organic layer (cm) |
Peat,
clay, some areas of gravel |
DESCRIPTION OF AREA CONTAINING SITE:
About 70% tussock tundra w/moss, about 20 % shrubs,
mostly on south facing slope and
creek bottom, usually low and fairly sparse except creek bottom
SAMPLING DESIGN AND METHOD:
1-sq km grid consists of a square array of surveyed
permanent stakes separated by 100 m, yielding an 11 × 11 array of
sampling nodes on each grid. Thaw depth and snow sampling was conducted twice
by manual probing at each stake. The two values for each sampling point are
averaged, yielding a maximum of 121 data points per grid per probing date. The
active layer was not measured at locations where grid points intersect rocks or
deep water.
Kougarok 3m Grid met tower (65o27,500' N,
164o 38,279 W), about 100 m west of the west site of the grid on the south
facing slope.Climate station has 12 thermistors in the ground ranging from 0-125 cm. Station
has 6 soil moisture probes ranging from 5-35 cm depth.
Data Access (Thaw Depth)