Automatic weather stations and stand-alone soil temperature sensors (Hobo logger) between August 2018 and August 2019 at two boreal forest sites in the region of Lake Ilirney and Lena-Viluy in Eastern Siberia ...

• Main Authors: Stuenzi, Simone Maria, Cable, William L, Kruse, Stefan, Boike, Julia, Herzschuh, Ulrike, Langer, Moritz, Schulte, Luise, Brieger, Frederic, Vyse, Stuart Andrew, Bernhardt, Nadine, Dietze, Elisabeth, Pestryakova, Luidmila A, Zakharov, Evgenii S, Nikolajewitsch, Alexey, Ushnizkaya, Lena, Levina, Sardana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2020
• Subjects: air pressure; air temperature; automatic weather station; boreal forest; hobo logger; humidity; Permafrost; precipitation; radiation data; Siberia; snow depth; soil temperature; wind; Modular Observation Solutions for Earth Systems MOSES; Permafrost Research AWI_Perma; Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems @ AWI AWI_Envi; Simulating erosion processes in permafrost landscapes under a warming climate – a risk assessment for ecosystems and infrastructure within the Arctic PermaRisk; Chukotka; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.919859; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.919859

This data set includes meteorological and soil temperature data obtained from two study areas in Eastern Siberia. The first study area is located at Lake Illirney in Chukotka, on a plateau above the treeline. The study site is located in a high-latitude boreal forest zone with alpine tundra above the treeline where the automatic weather station (AWS) is located. The annual average temperature is below zero degrees and results in continuous permafrost. One stand-alone Hobo logger for soil temperature measurements was installed in the soil pit next to the AWS. A second one at the subsite in a sparse larch-dominated forest with an average larch tree height of 12.5 m and 1 % cover of Salix shrubs with an average height of 0.9 m.The second study area is located in a typical boreal forest zone intermixed with some grassland for cattle grazing and shallow lakes. These boreal forest environments experience 6 to 8 months of freezing temperatures reaching extremes of -62 °C in winter and up to 35 °C between May and ...