Eight Mile Lake Research Watershed, Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research (CiPEHR): NDVI 2009-2019

• Main Authors: Garnello, Anthony J, 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 2020
• Subjects: permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/ada31723ab872d9f06544c7cd21f9563; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-bnz.638.10

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.The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) was measured using a specialized handheld camera at individual plots throughout the growing seasons.