Field Data on Soils, Vegetation, and Fire History for Alaska Tundra Sites, 1972-2020 ... : Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) ...

• Main Authors: Chen, D., Zhu, X., Kogure, M., Hoy, E.E., Xu, X., French, N.H.F., Berner, L.T., Breen, A.L., Bret-Harte, S., Davidson, S.J., Ebersole, J.J., Frost, G.V., Goetz, S.J., Hewitt, R.E., Hung, J.K.Y., Iversen, C.M., Iwahana, G., Jandt, R., Jenkins, L.K., Kade, A.N., Klupar, I., Loboda, T.V., Ludwig, S., Macander, M.J., Mack, M.C., Meyers, C.R., Michaelides, R.J., Miller, E.A., Natali, S., Nawrocki, T.W., Nelson, P.R., Parsekian, A.D., Rastetter, E., Raynolds, M.K., Rocha, A.V., Schaefer, K., Schickhoff, U., Schuur, E.A.G., Tsuyuzaki, S., Tweedie, C.E., Zesati, S.V., Walker, D.A., Webber, P.J., Williams, M., Zona, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center 2023
• Subjects: LAND SURFACE, SOILS, SOIL TEMPERATURE,; BIOSPHERE, VEGETATION, VEGETATION COVER,; LAND SURFACE, SOILS, SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT,; CRYOSPHERE, FROZEN GROUND, SOIL TEMPERATURE,; CRYOSPHERE, FROZEN GROUND, ACTIVE LAYER,; BIOSPHERE, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, FIRE ECOLOGY,; BIOSPHERE, ECOSYSTEMS, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, ALPINE/TUNDRA; LAND SURFACE, FROZEN GROUND, ACTIVE LAYER,; FIELD SURVEYS, THERMOMETERS; FIELD SURVEYS, VISUAL CENSUS TRANSECTS; soil moisture; active layer thickness; soil temperature; fire history; disturbance; wildfire; tundra; vegetative cover; Active layer thickness; Arctic; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ornldaac/2177; https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dsviewer.pl?ds_id=2177

This dataset provides a comprehensive collection of in-situ field data compiled from 37 existing datasets resulting from field surveys conducted at Alaska tundra sites between 1972 to 2020. The data were harmonized prior to being included in this dataset. The variables include active layer thickness, vegetation cover (by plant functional types), soil moisture and temperatures, as well as the wildfire history. These data provide a unique lens into various long-term ecological processes within the tundra (such as the fire-permafrost-vegetation interactions) under a rapidly changing climate. The data are provided in comma-separated values (CSV) format. ...