Meteorological, snow and soil data, CO2, water and energy fluxes from a low-Arctic valley of Northern Quebec
As the vegetation in the Arctic changes, tundra ecosystems along the southern border of the Arctic are becoming greener and gradually giving way to boreal ecosystems. This change is affecting local populations, wildlife, energy exchange processes between environmental compartments, and the carbon cy...
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ftcopernicus:oai:publications.copernicus.org:essd108794 2024-09-15T18:39:39+00:00 Meteorological, snow and soil data, CO2, water and energy fluxes from a low-Arctic valley of Northern Quebec Domine, Florent Sarrazin, Denis Nadeau, Daniel F. Lackner, Georg Belke-Brea, Maria 2024-03-20 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-1523-2024 https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/1523/2024/ eng eng doi:10.5194/essd-16-1523-2024 https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/1523/2024/ eISSN: 1866-3516 Text 2024 ftcopernicus https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-1523-2024 2024-08-28T05:24:15Z As the vegetation in the Arctic changes, tundra ecosystems along the southern border of the Arctic are becoming greener and gradually giving way to boreal ecosystems. This change is affecting local populations, wildlife, energy exchange processes between environmental compartments, and the carbon cycle. To understand the progression and the implications of this change in vegetation, satellite measurements and surface models can be employed. However, in situ observational data are required to validate these measurements and models. This paper presents observational data from two nearby sites in the forest–tundra ecotone in the Tasiapik Valley near Umiujaq in Northern Quebec, Canada. One site is on a mixture of lichen and shrub tundra. The associated data set comprises 9 years of meteorological, soil and snow data as well as 3 years of eddy covariance data. The other site, 850 m away, features vegetation consisting mostly of tall shrubs and black spruce. For that location, 6 years of meteorological, soil and snow data are available. In addition to the data from the automated stations, profiles of snow density and specific surface area were collected during field campaigns. The data are available at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964743 (Domine et al., 2024). Text Tundra Umiujaq Copernicus Publications: E-Journals Earth System Science Data 16 3 1523 1541 |
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As the vegetation in the Arctic changes, tundra ecosystems along the southern border of the Arctic are becoming greener and gradually giving way to boreal ecosystems. This change is affecting local populations, wildlife, energy exchange processes between environmental compartments, and the carbon cycle. To understand the progression and the implications of this change in vegetation, satellite measurements and surface models can be employed. However, in situ observational data are required to validate these measurements and models. This paper presents observational data from two nearby sites in the forest–tundra ecotone in the Tasiapik Valley near Umiujaq in Northern Quebec, Canada. One site is on a mixture of lichen and shrub tundra. The associated data set comprises 9 years of meteorological, soil and snow data as well as 3 years of eddy covariance data. The other site, 850 m away, features vegetation consisting mostly of tall shrubs and black spruce. For that location, 6 years of meteorological, soil and snow data are available. In addition to the data from the automated stations, profiles of snow density and specific surface area were collected during field campaigns. The data are available at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964743 (Domine et al., 2024). |
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Meteorological, snow and soil data, CO2, water and energy fluxes from a low-Arctic valley of Northern Quebec |
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Meteorological, snow and soil data, CO2, water and energy fluxes from a low-Arctic valley of Northern Quebec |
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Meteorological, snow and soil data, CO2, water and energy fluxes from a low-Arctic valley of Northern Quebec |
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Meteorological, snow and soil data, CO2, water and energy fluxes from a low-Arctic valley of Northern Quebec |
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