Seasonal soil temperatures 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: NSF Arctic Data Center 2019
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL TEMPERATURE; IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > PROBES > SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE; 500 METERS TO 1 KILOMETER; MONTHLY TO ANNUAL; FIELD SURVEY; GRID; environment; Arctic; Active layer monitoring; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2qn5zc33; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2QN5ZC33

Seasonal soil temperature 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 temperature measurement was acquired, the date, start and end times, and the people present were also recorded. Soil temperature 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.