A synthesized field survey database of vegetation and active-layer properties for the Alaskan tundra (1972–2020)
Studies in recent decades have shown strong evidence of physical and biological changes in the Arctic tundra, largely in response to rapid rates of warming. Given the important implications of these changes for ecosystem services, hydrology, surface energy balance, carbon budgets, and climate feedba...
Published in: | Earth System Science Data |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2024
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-3687-2024 https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/3687/2024/ |
id |
ftcopernicus:oai:publications.copernicus.org:essd112153 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftcopernicus:oai:publications.copernicus.org:essd112153 2024-09-09T19:27:07+00:00 A synthesized field survey database of vegetation and active-layer properties for the Alaskan tundra (1972–2020) Zhu, Xiaoran Chen, Dong Kogure, Maruko Hoy, Elizabeth Berner, Logan T. Breen, Amy L. Chatterjee, Abhishek Davidson, Scott J. Frost, Gerald V. Hollingsworth, Teresa N. Iwahana, Go Jandt, Randi R. Kade, Anja N. Loboda, Tatiana V. Macander, Matt J. Mack, Michelle Miller, Charles E. Miller, Eric A. Natali, Susan M. Raynolds, Martha K. Rocha, Adrian V. Tsuyuzaki, Shiro Tweedie, Craig E. Walker, Donald A. Williams, Mathew Xu, Xin Zhang, Yingtong French, Nancy Goetz, Scott 2024-08-16 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-3687-2024 https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/3687/2024/ eng eng doi:10.5194/essd-16-3687-2024 https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/3687/2024/ eISSN: 1866-3516 Text 2024 ftcopernicus https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-3687-2024 2024-08-19T14:05:25Z Studies in recent decades have shown strong evidence of physical and biological changes in the Arctic tundra, largely in response to rapid rates of warming. Given the important implications of these changes for ecosystem services, hydrology, surface energy balance, carbon budgets, and climate feedbacks, research on the trends and patterns of these changes is becoming increasingly important and can help better constrain estimates of local, regional, and global impacts as well as inform mitigation and adaptation strategies. Despite this great need, scientific understanding of tundra ecology and change remains limited, largely due to the inaccessibility of this region and less intensive studies compared to other terrestrial biomes. A synthesis of existing datasets from past field studies can make field data more accessible and open up possibilities for collaborative research as well as for investigating and informing future studies. Here, we synthesize field datasets of vegetation and active-layer properties from the Alaskan tundra, one of the most well-studied tundra regions. Given the potentially increasing intensive fire regimes in the tundra, fire history and severity attributes have been added to data points where available. The resulting database is a resource that future investigators can employ to analyze spatial and temporal patterns in soil, vegetation, and fire disturbance-related environmental variables across the Alaskan tundra. This database, titled the Synthesized Alaskan Tundra Field Database (SATFiD), can be accessed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC) for Biogeochemical Dynamics (Chen et al., 2023: https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2177 ). Text Arctic Tundra Copernicus Publications: E-Journals Arctic Earth System Science Data 16 8 3687 3703 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Copernicus Publications: E-Journals |
op_collection_id |
ftcopernicus |
language |
English |
description |
Studies in recent decades have shown strong evidence of physical and biological changes in the Arctic tundra, largely in response to rapid rates of warming. Given the important implications of these changes for ecosystem services, hydrology, surface energy balance, carbon budgets, and climate feedbacks, research on the trends and patterns of these changes is becoming increasingly important and can help better constrain estimates of local, regional, and global impacts as well as inform mitigation and adaptation strategies. Despite this great need, scientific understanding of tundra ecology and change remains limited, largely due to the inaccessibility of this region and less intensive studies compared to other terrestrial biomes. A synthesis of existing datasets from past field studies can make field data more accessible and open up possibilities for collaborative research as well as for investigating and informing future studies. Here, we synthesize field datasets of vegetation and active-layer properties from the Alaskan tundra, one of the most well-studied tundra regions. Given the potentially increasing intensive fire regimes in the tundra, fire history and severity attributes have been added to data points where available. The resulting database is a resource that future investigators can employ to analyze spatial and temporal patterns in soil, vegetation, and fire disturbance-related environmental variables across the Alaskan tundra. This database, titled the Synthesized Alaskan Tundra Field Database (SATFiD), can be accessed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL DAAC) for Biogeochemical Dynamics (Chen et al., 2023: https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2177 ). |
format |
Text |
author |
Zhu, Xiaoran Chen, Dong Kogure, Maruko Hoy, Elizabeth Berner, Logan T. Breen, Amy L. Chatterjee, Abhishek Davidson, Scott J. Frost, Gerald V. Hollingsworth, Teresa N. Iwahana, Go Jandt, Randi R. Kade, Anja N. Loboda, Tatiana V. Macander, Matt J. Mack, Michelle Miller, Charles E. Miller, Eric A. Natali, Susan M. Raynolds, Martha K. Rocha, Adrian V. Tsuyuzaki, Shiro Tweedie, Craig E. Walker, Donald A. Williams, Mathew Xu, Xin Zhang, Yingtong French, Nancy Goetz, Scott |
spellingShingle |
Zhu, Xiaoran Chen, Dong Kogure, Maruko Hoy, Elizabeth Berner, Logan T. Breen, Amy L. Chatterjee, Abhishek Davidson, Scott J. Frost, Gerald V. Hollingsworth, Teresa N. Iwahana, Go Jandt, Randi R. Kade, Anja N. Loboda, Tatiana V. Macander, Matt J. Mack, Michelle Miller, Charles E. Miller, Eric A. Natali, Susan M. Raynolds, Martha K. Rocha, Adrian V. Tsuyuzaki, Shiro Tweedie, Craig E. Walker, Donald A. Williams, Mathew Xu, Xin Zhang, Yingtong French, Nancy Goetz, Scott A synthesized field survey database of vegetation and active-layer properties for the Alaskan tundra (1972–2020) |
author_facet |
Zhu, Xiaoran Chen, Dong Kogure, Maruko Hoy, Elizabeth Berner, Logan T. Breen, Amy L. Chatterjee, Abhishek Davidson, Scott J. Frost, Gerald V. Hollingsworth, Teresa N. Iwahana, Go Jandt, Randi R. Kade, Anja N. Loboda, Tatiana V. Macander, Matt J. Mack, Michelle Miller, Charles E. Miller, Eric A. Natali, Susan M. Raynolds, Martha K. Rocha, Adrian V. Tsuyuzaki, Shiro Tweedie, Craig E. Walker, Donald A. Williams, Mathew Xu, Xin Zhang, Yingtong French, Nancy Goetz, Scott |
author_sort |
Zhu, Xiaoran |
title |
A synthesized field survey database of vegetation and active-layer properties for the Alaskan tundra (1972–2020) |
title_short |
A synthesized field survey database of vegetation and active-layer properties for the Alaskan tundra (1972–2020) |
title_full |
A synthesized field survey database of vegetation and active-layer properties for the Alaskan tundra (1972–2020) |
title_fullStr |
A synthesized field survey database of vegetation and active-layer properties for the Alaskan tundra (1972–2020) |
title_full_unstemmed |
A synthesized field survey database of vegetation and active-layer properties for the Alaskan tundra (1972–2020) |
title_sort |
synthesized field survey database of vegetation and active-layer properties for the alaskan tundra (1972–2020) |
publishDate |
2024 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-3687-2024 https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/3687/2024/ |
geographic |
Arctic |
geographic_facet |
Arctic |
genre |
Arctic Tundra |
genre_facet |
Arctic Tundra |
op_source |
eISSN: 1866-3516 |
op_relation |
doi:10.5194/essd-16-3687-2024 https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/3687/2024/ |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-3687-2024 |
container_title |
Earth System Science Data |
container_volume |
16 |
container_issue |
8 |
container_start_page |
3687 |
op_container_end_page |
3703 |
_version_ |
1809896613159632896 |