Snow Melt Transect Barrow, Alaska ARCSS Grid 2010

• Main Authors: Vargas-Zesati, Sergio, Tweedie, Craig E., Oberbauer, Steven, Hollister, Robert
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2010
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DEPTH; IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > PROBES; FIELD SURVEY; TRANSECT; 100 METERS TO 250 METERS; DAILY TO WEEKLY; environment; Arctic; Barrow; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a28w3832c; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A28W3832C

This snow melt transect was set in place to create a foundation for snow melt throughout the field season within the Arctic System Science (ARCSS) grid in Barrow, Alaska. This grid has coordinates that are labelled A thru K and 1 thru 11 for each N-S and E-W row of markers respectively. The transect begins 2 meters west of ARCSS grid point D09 and extends south ending 2 meters west of ARCSS grid point F09. The total length of the transect is 200 meters. Measurements were taken at every 2 meters along the transect on the east side of the transect to avoid any disturbances. The location of the snow melt transect was chosen using ArcGIS tools.