Seasonal soil moisture measurements from a Circumarctic Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) grid, Atqasuk, Alaska, 2016

• Main Authors: Vargas-Zesati, Sergio, Tweedie, Craig E., Oberbauer, Steven, Hollister, Robert
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2019
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT; GRID; 500 METERS TO 1 KILOMETER; IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > SOIL MOISTURE PROBE; MONTHLY TO ANNUAL; environment; Arctic; Active layer monitoring; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a23b5w84q; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A23B5W84Q

Seasonal soil moisture measurements were collected during the 2016 growing season at each Circumarctic Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) grid subset plot (30) in Atqasuk, Alaska. At each plot one soil moisture measurements were acquired, the date, start and end times, and the people present were also recorded. Moisture measurements were taken outside of every plot on the northeastern most corner in order to reduce disturbance of vegetation. These measurements are part of the Arctic Observing Network (AON) - International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) initiative and help to document seasonal changes in surface moisture and structure at high spatial scales.