Soil temperature and moisture records for the principal tundra vegetation types near Daring Lake, NWT, Canada in the low Arctic

• Main Author: Grogan, Paul
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network 2011
• Subjects: Biogeochemistry; Canada; Climate change; Daring Lake; Snow; Soil temperature; Soils; Tundra; Vegetation; Water; Arctic Development and Adaptation to Permafrost in Transition; International Polar Year-Arctic Wildlife Observatories Linking Vulnerable EcoSystems; International Polar Year-Climate change impacts on Canadian Arctic tundra ecosystems Interdisciplinary and multi-scale assessments; Arctic; Yellowknife; International Polar Year; permafrost
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5443/10597; https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=10597

Replicate thermocouples (n = 2-4) and TDR probes (n = 1-2) per vegetation type and experimental treatment have been recording soil temperatures at 2, 5, and 10 cm and moistures (0-10 cm) several times per day since 2006 in Tall birch, Birch Hummock, Dry Heath, and Wet Sedge vegetation communities. The data are quality checked and presented as diel (daily) means. In addition, we have been monitoring the effects of snow fences and summer plastic greenhouses on soil temperature and moisture. These data are also part of the Adaptations to Permafrost in Transition (ADAPT) project. : Purpose: To determine annual patterns of soil temperature and moisture in the major vegetation types (Tall Birch, Birch Hummock, Dry Heath, and Wet Sedge) in a low Arctic tundra valley close to Daring Lake (300 km north of Yellowknife, NWT). This project was partially supported by the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS). : Summary: Not Applicable