Eight Mile Lake Research Watershed, Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research (CiPEHR): Weekly thaw depth data, 2009-2019

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 l...

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Main Authors: Kelley, Allison K, Pegoraro, Elaine F., Mauritz, Marguerite, Hutchings, Jack A., Natali, Susan M.N., Hicks-Pries, Caitlin Elizabeth, Schuur, Edward A.G., Bonanza Creek LTER
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2020
Subjects:
alaska range
permafrost
Tundra
Alaska
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/a4dc4fab9079f0d389a9ab6c7d44faa3
https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-bnz.480.19
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Summary: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 data set includes weekly thaw depth measurements collected from winter warming, summer warming, and control treatment plots at CiPEHR. Additional measurements from on-plot gas flux wells, water table monitoring wells, and off-plot locations are also reported.

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