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Description

This Arctic-Boreal CO2 fluxes (ABCflux) dataset contains monthly aggregates of terrestrial net ecosystem CO2 exchange and its derived partitioned component fluxes: gross primary productivity (GPP) and ecosystem respiration. Over 70 supporting variables describe key site conditions (e.g., vegetation and disturbance type), micrometeorological and environmental measurements (e.g., air and soil temperatures), and flux measurement techniques. The data contained in this ABCflux dataset form a standardized monthly database of Arctic-Boreal CO2 fluxes (i.e., ABCflux Database) and include 244 sites and 6,309 monthly observations; 136 sites and 2,217 monthly observations represent tundra, and 108 sites and 4,092 observations represent the boreal biome. The data are for the period 1989 to 2020.

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS ,
FIELD SURVEYS ,
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS ,
FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS
Instruments
Computer ,
PROBES ,
THERMOMETERS ,
GAS SENSORS
Spatial Extent

N: 82.8225 S: 48.2167 E: 161.55 W: -165.62

Location
ALASKA ,
CANADA ,
FINLAND ,
GREENLAND ,
ICELAND ,
MONGOLIA ,
NORWAY ,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION ,
SWEDEN
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1989-12-01 to 2020-09-30
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2175348008-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
1
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Precipitation Amount ,
Alpine/Tundra ,
Biomass ,
Forests ,
Leaf Area Index (LAI) ,
Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar) ,
Vegetation Cover ,
Permafrost ,
NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE) ,
Soil Depth ,
Soil Moisture/Water Content ,
Soil Respiration ,
Gross Primary Production (gpp) ,
Snow Depth ,
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide ,
Surface Temperature

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Virkkala, A.-M., Natali, S., Rogers, B. M., Watts, J. D., Savage, K., Connon, S. J., Mauritz-tozer, M. E., Schuur, E. A. G., Peter, D. L., Minions, C., Nojeim, J., Commane, R., Emmerton, C. A., Goeckede, M., Helbig, M., Holl, D., Iwata, H., Kobayashi, H., Kolari, P., … Zyryanov, V. I. (2021). The ABCflux Database: Arctic-Boreal CO2 Flux and Site Environmental Data, 1989-2020 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1934 Date Accessed: 2026-05-01

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Permafrost, Peatland, and Cropland Regions Are Key to Reconciling North Foster, Kelsey T., Sun, Wu, Merder, Julian, Hararuk, Oleksandra, Kurz, Werner A., Malhotra, Avni, Metsaranta, Juha, Nesdoly, Andrea, Sinha, Eva, BondLamberty, Ben, Huntzinger, Deborah, Natali, Susan M., Schwalm, Christopher, Michalak, Anna M. Precipitation Amount, Alpine/Tundra, Biomass, Forests, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Cover, Permafrost, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Depth, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Respiration, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Snow Depth, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Surface Temperature, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Use Classes, Albedo
The Negative ElevationDependent Pattern of NonGrowing Season CO2 Loss From Alpine Frozen Ground Deng, Zhaoheng, Fan, Jiabin, Wei, Da, Qi, Yahui, Tao, Jing, Wang, Zhuangzhuang, Hua, Liqin, Wang, Xiaodan Precipitation Amount, Alpine/Tundra, Biomass, Forests, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Cover, Permafrost, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Depth, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Respiration, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Snow Depth, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Surface Temperature
Vegetation structure and phenology primarily shape the spatiotemporal pattern of ecosystem respiration Zhao, Cenliang, Zhu, Wenquan Precipitation Amount, Alpine/Tundra, Biomass, Forests, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Cover, Permafrost, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Depth, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Respiration, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Snow Depth, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Surface Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Reflectance, Anisotropy
Wildfires offset the increasing but spatially heterogeneous Arcticboreal CO2 uptake Virkkala, Anna-Maria, Rogers, Brendan M., Watts, Jennifer D., Arndt, Kyle A., Potter, Stefano, Wargowsky, Isabel, Schuur, Edward A. G., See, Craig R., Mauritz, Marguerite, Boike, Julia, Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia, Burke, Eleanor J., Burrell, Arden, Chae, Namyi, Chatterjee, Abhishek, Chevallier, Frederic, Christensen, Torben R., Commane, Roisin, Dolman, Han, Edgar, Colin W., Elberling, Bo, Emmerton, Craig A., Euskirchen, Eugenie S., Feng, Liang, Gockede, Mathias, Grelle, Achim, Helbig, Manuel, Holl, David, Jarveoja, Jarvi, Karsanaev, Sergey V., Kobayashi, Hideki, Kutzbach, Lars, Liu, Junjie, Luijkx, Ingrid T., Lopez-Blanco, Efren, Lunneberg, Kyle, Mammarella, Ivan, Marushchak, Maija E., Mastepanov, Mikhail, Matsuura, Yojiro, Maximov, Trofim C., Merbold, Lutz, Meyer, Gesa, Nilsson, Mats B., Niwa, Yosuke, Oechel, Walter, Palmer, Paul I., Park, Sang-Jong, Parmentier, Frans-Jan W., Peichl, Matthias, Peters, Wouter, Petrov, Roman, Quinton, William, Rodenbeck, Christian, Sachs, Torsten, Schulze, Christopher, Sonnentag, Oliver, St. Louis, Vincent L., Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina, Ueyama, Masahito, Varlagin, Andrej, Zona, Donatella, Natali, Susan M. Precipitation Amount, Alpine/Tundra, Biomass, Forests, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Cover, Permafrost, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Depth, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Respiration, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Snow Depth, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Surface Temperature, Respiration Rate, Carbon Flux
Permafrost Carbon: Progress on Understanding Stocks and Fluxes Across Treat, Claire C., Virkkala, AnnaMaria, Burke, Eleanor, Bruhwiler, Lori, Chatterjee, Abhishek, Fisher, Joshua B., Hashemi, Josh, Parmentier, FransJan W., Rogers, Brendan M., Westermann, Sebastian, Watts, Jennifer D., BlancBetes, Elena, Fuchs, Matthias, Kruse, Stefan, Malhotra, Avni, Miner, Kimberley, Strauss, Jens, Armstrong, Amanda, Epstein, Howard E., Gay, Bradley, Goeckede, Mathias, Kalhori, Aram, Kou, Dan, Miller, Charles E., Natali, Susan M., Oh, Youmi, Shakil, Sarah, Sonnentag, Oliver, Varner, Ruth K., Zolkos, Scott, Schuur, Edward A.G., Hugelius, Gustaf Precipitation Amount, Alpine/Tundra, Biomass, Forests, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Cover, Permafrost, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Depth, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Respiration, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Snow Depth, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Surface Temperature
A Comparative Study of Climatology, Energy and Mass Exchange in Two Tchebakova, Nadezhda M., Zyryanov, Viacheslav I., Zyryanova, Olga A., Parfenova, Elena I., Kajimoto, Takuya, Matsuura, Yojiro Permafrost, Soil Classification, Soil Temperature, Vegetation Cover, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Respiration, Precipitation Amount, Alpine/Tundra, Biomass, Forests, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Depth, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Snow Depth, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Surface Temperature
The ABCflux database: Arcticboreal CO2 flux observations and ancillary information aggregated to monthly time steps across terrestrial ecosystems Virkkala, Anna-Maria, Natali, Susan M., Rogers, Brendan M., Watts, Jennifer D., Savage, Kathleen, Connon, Sara June, Mauritz, Marguerite, Schuur, Edward A. G., Peter, Darcy, Minions, Christina, Nojeim, Julia, Commane, Roisin, Emmerton, Craig A., Goeckede, Mathias, Helbig, Manuel, Holl, David, Iwata, Hiroki, Kobayashi, Hideki, Kolari, Pasi, Lopez-Blanco, Efren, Marushchak, Maija E., Mastepanov, Mikhail, Merbold, Lutz, Parmentier, Frans-Jan W., Peichl, Matthias, Sachs, Torsten, Sonnentag, Oliver, Ueyama, Masahito, Voigt, Carolina, Aurela, Mika, Boike, Julia, Celis, Gerardo, Chae, Namyi, Christensen, Torben R., Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia, Dengel, Sigrid, Dolman, Han, Edgar, Colin W., Elberling, Bo, Euskirchen, Eugenie, Grelle, Achim, Hatakka, Juha, Humphreys, Elyn, Jarveoja, Jarvi, Kotani, Ayumi, Kutzbach, Lars, Laurila, Tuomas, Lohila, Annalea, Mammarella, Ivan, Matsuura, Yojiro, Meyer, Gesa, Nilsson, Mats B., Oberbauer, Steven F., Park, Sang-Jong, Petrov, Roman, Prokushkin, Anatoly S., Schulze, Christopher, St. Louis, Vincent L., Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina, Tuovinen, Juha-Pekka, Quinton, William, Varlagin, Andrej, Zona, Donatella, Zyryanov, Viacheslav I. Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Permafrost, Soil Classification, Soil Temperature, Vegetation Cover, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Respiration, Precipitation Amount, Alpine/Tundra, Biomass, Forests, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Depth, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Snow Depth, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Surface Temperature, Carbon
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