Soil Temperature and Moisture, Kougarok Road Mile Marker 64, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, beginning 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5440/1581586
NGEE Arctic Record ID: NGA139
Data Version: 1.0
Abstract

Daily averages of soil temperature and moisture measured once every hour at different heights located at Intensive Monitoring Stations at Kougarok Road Mile Marker 64 site. Data are retrieved annually since 2016. Package contains 46 *.CSV files including a file inventory list by year. Data files have header rows, NaN fields indicate invalid or missing data, and negative vertical offsets are above ground.

The Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments: Arctic (NGEE Arctic), was a research effort to reduce uncertainty in Earth System Models by developing a predictive understanding of carbon-rich Arctic ecosystems and feedbacks to climate. NGEE Arctic was supported by the Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research.

The NGEE Arctic project had two field research sites: 1) located within the Arctic polygonal tundra coastal region on the Barrow Environmental Observatory (BEO) and the North Slope near Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska and 2) multiple areas on the discontinuous permafrost region of the Seward Peninsula north of Nome, Alaska.

Through observations, experiments, and synthesis with existing datasets, NGEE Arctic provided an enhanced knowledge base for multi-scale modeling and contributed to improved process representation at global pan-Arctic scales within the Department of Energy's Earth system Model (the Energy Exascale Earth System Model, or E3SM), and specifically within the E3SM Land Model component (ELM).

Authors
Vladimir Romanovsky (veromanovsky@alaska.edu) 0000000295152087
William Cable (wlcable@alaska.edu) 0000000279513946
Kirill Dolgikh (kdolgikh@alaska.edu) 000000017241135X
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Dataset Citation
Vladimir Romanovsky, William Cable, Kirill Dolgikh. 2022. Soil Temperature and Moisture, Kougarok Road Mile Marker 64, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, beginning 2016. Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments Arctic Data Collection, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. Dataset accessed on [INSERT_DATE] at https://doi.org/10.5440/1581586.
Dates
2016-07-16 - current
Geographic Location
NGEE Arctic Kougarok Site, Mile Marker 64, Alaska
North65.171801
South65.153612
East-164.801947
West-164.844501
Place Keywords:
Seward Peninsula, Alaska | Kougarok Road
Subject Keywords:
FROZEN GROUND | SOIL TEMPERATURE | SOILS | SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT |
GCMD Keywords
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Methodology
Daily averages of soil temperature and moisture measured once every hour at different heights. The "vertical_offset" field represents the heights. Deployed at each site is an Onset HOBO U30 data logger with five smart temperature sensors and three smart soil moisture sensors (10HS). The logger is enclosed in a custom box equipped with a solar panel on the lid. The sensors were installed by excavating a soil pit approximately 50 x 50 cm, to a depth of 50 cm or until frozen ground was encountered. At the bottom of the pit a small hole (~2cm diameter) was drilled to a depth of 1.5 m or as deep as possible, to install the 2 deepest temperature sensors. The remaining three temperature and moisture sensors were installed into the soil pit face (uphill side if possible) and the pit was carefully refilled.
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Related Identifiers
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Metadata Contact
Contact information for the individual or organization that is knowledgeable about the data.
Person: Vladimir Romanovsky
Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Email: veromanovsky@alaska.edu
Point of Contact
Contact information for the individual or organization that is knowledgeable about the data.
Person: Vladimir Romanovsky
Organization: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Email: veromanovsky@alaska.edu
Dataset Usage Rights
Public Datasets

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