Collaborative Research: ITEX (International Tundra Experiment) AON (Arctic Observing Network) - understanding the relationships between vegetation change, plant phenology, and ecosystem function in a warming Arctic, Utqiaġvik and Atqasuk, Alaska, 2018

• Main Author: Sergio Vargas
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2019
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > FROZEN GROUND > ACTIVE LAYER; GRID; 500 METERS TO 1 KILOMETER; IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > PROBES; TRANSECT; 30 METERS TO 100 METERS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ALPINE/TUNDRA; IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE; MONTHLY TO ANNUAL; 250 METERS TO 500 METERS; FIELD SURVEY; environment; geoscientificInformation; WEEKLY TO MONTHLY; IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > SOIL MOISTURE PROBE; ENVIRONMENT; biota; Anchorage; Arctic; Greenland; Climate change; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:b17c7780-71e8-4046-9381-fc3d2c5972db

Arctic ecosystems are changing in response to arctic warming, which is proceeding more than twice as fast as the global average. The International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) was established in the early 1990s to understand the effects of warming and environmental variability on tundra vegetation prope...