Identification

Title

Snow on the Alaska North Slope Grids

Alternative title(s)

106.200

Abstract

This data report is a summary of snow-survey information collected during a trip to the Arctic Slope on April 9-14, 2003. The data were all collected as part of the Biocomplexity of Frost-Boil Ecosystems study (Walker et al. 2003, in press). Snow is an important factor affecting soil-surface temperatures during the winter. These data will be used to help model the influence of snow on frost heave. The data collected included 1. Snow depth and soil temperature information from 106 permanent plots (releves) that are part of a vegetation classification study. 2. Snow density and snow-water-equivalent (SWE) measurements from the midpoints of the four sides of each of twelve 10x10-m grids at Happy Valley, Sagwon, Franklin Bluffs, Deadhorse, West Dock, and Howe Island. 3. Snow depths at every meter within the grids. 4. Snow profile descriptions from each grid.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/106.200

protocol: https

name: Snow on the Alaska North Slope Grids homepage

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=106.200

protocol: https

name: Snow on the Alaska North Slope Grids Data Order Form

description: Dataset order request form. Data files are made available via FTP.

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

106.200

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Field Surveys

Keyword set

keyword value

Snow and Land Ice

Land Based

Hydrology

Active Layer/Permafrost

Soils

Sub-Surface

Arctic

Surface

Precipitation

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DEPTH

EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DENSITY

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-148.85236

East bounding longitude

-148.46667

North bounding latitude

70.38142

South bounding latitude

69.14655

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2003-04-09T00:00:00Z

End position

2003-04-14T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-11-30T11:41:07Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

Alaska Geobotany Center

full postal address

Institute of Arctic Biology University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks

99709

telephone number

(907) 474-1540

email address

fnham@uaf.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-07T22:49:37Z

Metadata language