Seasonal soil active layer measurements from a Circumarctic Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) grid, Barrow, Alaska, 2016

• Main Authors: Sergio Vargas-Zesati, Craig E. Tweedie, Steven Oberbauer, Robert Hollister
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2018
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > ACTIVE LAYER; GRID; 500 METERS TO 1 KILOMETER; IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > PROBES; FIELD SURVEY; WEEKLY TO MONTHLY; Arctic; Active layer monitoring; Barrow; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A26Q1SJ0B

Seasonal active layer depth measurements were collected during the 2016 growing season at each Circumarctic Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) grid subset plot (30) in Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow) Alaska. At each plot two depth measurements were acquired, the date, start and end times, and the people present were also recorded. Depth measurements were taken outside of every plot on the northeastern most corner 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.