| Summary: | Distributed snow depth measured with automated snow-probe (Magnaprobe) and layer-specific snow density recorded in snow pits during two snow field campaigns; 6 March - 5 April 2018 and 6 March - 2 April 2019 within the general wintering range of the Central Arctic caribou Herd (CAH). Measurement locations ranged across the Interior of Brooks Range, the northern foothills of the Brooks Range, North Slope, and Coastal Plain of Alaska. These data were collected as a part of the National Science Foundation funded project "Nutritional Landscapes of Arctic Caribou: Observations, Experiments, and Models Provide Process-Level Understanding of Forage Traits and Trajectories" and used to investigate the impact of snow on winter caribou movement, soil-microbial activity, and vegetation phenology and productivity.
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