Seasonal active layer depth from a Mobile Instrumented System Platform (MISP) grid, Atqasuk, Alaska, 2016

• Main Authors: Sergio Vargas-Zesati, Craig E. Tweedie, Steven Oberbauer, Robert Hollister
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2019
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > ACTIVE LAYER; IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > PROBES; TRANSECT; 30 METERS TO 100 METERS; FIELD SURVEY; MONTHLY TO ANNUAL; environment; Arctic; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A22Z12Q6Z

Seasonal active layer depth measurements were collected during the 2016 growing season at each Mobile Instrumented System Platform (MISP) grid meter in Atqasuk, Alaska. At each meter two depth measurements were acquired, the date, start and end times, and the people present were also recorded. Depth measurements were taken on the north side of the grid in order to reduce disturbance of vegetation. These measurements are part of the Arctic Observing Network (AON) - International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) initiative and help to document seasonal changes in surface moisture and structure at high spatial scales.