Eight Mile Lake Research Watershed, Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research (CiPEHR): Half-hourly soil moisture and temperature data, 2008-2022 ...

• Main Authors: See, Craig R, Celis, Gerardo, Mauritz, Marguerite, Taylor, Meghan, Ledman, Justin, Natali, Susan, Schuur, Edward, Bonanza Creek LTER
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2024
• Subjects: alaska range; permafrost; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/d844e83b32471a4966abe3d5f0212823; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-bnz.477.23

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 half-hourly values of surface moisture content (gravimetric, 0-5cm), depth-integrated soil moisture (volumetric, 0-20 cm), and soil temperature in winter warming, summer warming, and control treatment plots at CiPEHR. ...