Organic layer thickness and carbon concentration in burned and unburned sites, Seward Peninsula, AK, 2022 ...

• Main Authors: Santos, Fernanda, Breen, Amy
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem; Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments (NGEE) Arctic 2024
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > ORGANIC MATTER; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL DEPTH; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > CARBON; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > NITROGEN; EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > FREEZE/THAW; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > FIRE ECOLOGY > FIRE OCCURRENCE; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > FROZEN GROUND; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS; FIRE; TUNDRA; ESS-DIVE Water-Soil-Sediment Chemistry Reporting Format; ESS-DIVE File Level Metadata Reporting Format; ESS-DIVE CSV File Formatting Guidelines Reporting Format; Arctic; Ice; permafrost; Seward Peninsula; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15485/2438343; https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2438343/

Measurements associated with organic layer samples collected from naturally burned (1971, 2002, 2015, 2019) and unburned sites at the Kougarok Fire Complex, Seward Peninsula, AK, 2022. Here, a discontinuous permafrost underlies an arctic tundra ecosystem. Measurements include elemental carbon and nitrogen concentrations and stocks, organic layer thickness, and thaw depth. There are five files in *.csv format with one data file and four data description files including data dictionary, methods, terminology, and file-level metadata. The Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments: Arctic (NGEE Arctic), was a research effort to reduce uncertainty in Earth System Models by developing a predictive understanding of carbon-rich Arctic ecosystems and feedbacks to climate. NGEE Arctic was supported by the Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research.The NGEE Arctic project had two field research sites: 1) located within the Arctic polygonal tundra coastal region on the Barrow Environmental ...