Eight Mile Lake Research Watershed, Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research (CiPEHR): GPS Elevation, 2009-2020

• Main Authors: Rodenhizer, Heidi G, Mauritz, Marguerite, Taylor, Meghan A., Ledman, Justin, Natali, Susan M.N., Schuur, Edward A.G., Bonanza Creek LTER
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2021
• Subjects: alaska range; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/18922ce3170dc2abf1dcc78585302f45; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-bnz.729.3

The Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research (CiPEHR) project addresses the following questions: 1) Does ecosystem warming cause a net release of C from the ecosystem to the atmosphere?, 2) Does the decomposition of old C, that comprises the bulk of the soil C pool, influence ecosystem C loss?, and 3) How do winter and summer warming alone, and in combination, affect ecosystem C exchange? We are answering these questions using a combination of field and laboratory experiments to measure ecosystem carbon balance and radiocarbon isotope ratios at a warming experiment located in an upland tundra field site near Healy, Alaska in the foothills of the Alaska Range. This dataset contains elevation measurements made using a differential GPS with real time kinematic correction in early August of each year and additionally in mid-May of 2019.