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Description

This data set provides vegetation, environmental, and soil data collected from plots located in the footprints of eddy covariance flux towers along a 300 km north-south latitudinal gradient from Barrow, to Atqasuk, and to Ivotuk across the North Slope of Alaska in 2014. Within each of the five flux tower footprints, 1x1-m quadrats were placed subjectively within widespread habitat or micro-habitat types to map the dominant vegetation communities and site environmental factors. Specific attributes included species cover data and environmental, soil and spectral data (active layer thaw depth, moss layer depth, organic horizon layer depth, standing water depth, soil moisture status, vegetation height, LAI).

Product Summary

Platforms
FIELD SURVEYS ,
FIELD INVESTIGATION
Instruments
SOIL SAMPLER ,
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Spatial Extent

N: 71.325 S: 68.4851 E: -155.747 W: -157.414

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2014-07-18 to 2014-07-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2162122244-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
4
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Vegetation Cover ,
Terrestrial Ecosystems ,
Soil Ph ,
Soil Depth ,
Soil Moisture/Water Content ,
Leaf Area Index (LAI) ,
Vegetation Species

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Davidson, S. J., Zona, D., & Walker, D. A. (2018). Arctic Vegetation Plots in Flux Tower Footprints, North Slope, Alaska, 2014 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1546 Date Accessed: 2026-05-01

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Intensified Positive ArcticMethane Feedback under IPCC Climate Scenarios in the 21st Century Wang, Yihui, He, Liyuan, Liu, Jianzhao, Arndt, Kyle A., Mazza Rodrigues, Jorge L., Zona, Donatella, Lipson, David A., Oechel, Walter C., Ricciuto, Daniel M., Wullschleger, Stan D., Xu, Xiaofeng Vegetation Cover, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Soil Ph, Soil Depth, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Vegetation Species, Methane, Incoming Solar Radiation, Soil Temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Snow Depth, Wind Speed, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Rain, Humidity
A synthesized field survey database of vegetation and active-layer properties for the Alaskan tundra (19722020) Zhu, Xiaoran, Chen, Dong, Kogure, Maruko, Hoy, Elizabeth, Berner, Logan T., Breen, Amy L., Chatterjee, Abhishek, Davidson, Scott J., Frost, Gerald V., Hollingsworth, Teresa N., Iwahana, Go, Jandt, Randi R., Kade, Anja N., Loboda, Tatiana V., Macander, Matt J., Mack, Michelle, Miller, Charles E., Miller, Eric A., Natali, Susan M., Raynolds, Martha K., Rocha, Adrian V., Tsuyuzaki, Shiro, Tweedie, Craig E., Walker, Donald A., Williams, Mathew, Xu, Xin, Zhang, Yingtong, French, Nancy, Goetz, Scott Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Chemistry, Soil Ph, Soil Depth, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Species, Soil Horizons/Profile, Biomass, Vegetation Index, Organic Matter, Soil Texture, Topographic Effects, Canopy Characteristics, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure, Reflectance, Air Temperature, Terrain Elevation, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Active Layer, Periglacial Processes, Pingo, Dew Point Temperature, Alpine/Tundra, Humidity, Fire Occurrence, Wind Speed, Wildfires, Soil Temperature, Wind Direction, Shrubland/Scrub, Soil Classification, Community Structure, Active Layer, Soil Temperature, Fire Ecology, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Soil Bulk Density, Forest Fire Science, Burned Area, LICHENS, Plant Succession, PLANTS, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Soil Color, Freeze/Thaw, Freeze/Thaw, Permafrost, Soil Water Holding Capacity, Cation Exchange Capacity, Electrical Conductivity, Snow Cover, Snow Cover, Anthropogenic/Human Influenced Ecosystems, Land Use/Land Cover, Fire Disturbance
Remote sensing of tundra ecosystems using high spectral resolution reflectance: opportunities and challenges Nelson, Peter R., Maguire, Andrew J., Pierrat, Zoe, Orcutt, Erica L., Yang, Dedi, Serbin, Shawn, Frost, Gerald V., Macander, Matthew J., Magney, Troy S., Thompson, David R., Wang, Jonathan A., Oberbauer, Steven F., Zesati, Sergio Vargas, Davidson, Scott J., Epstein, Howard E., Unger, Steven, Campbell, Petya K. E., Carmon, Nimrod, VelezReyes, Miguel, Huemmrich, K. Fred Vegetation Cover, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Soil Ph, Soil Depth, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Vegetation Species
Upscaling Methane Flux From Plot Level to Eddy Covariance Tower Domains in Five Alaskan Tundra Ecosystems Wang, Yihui, Yuan, Fengming, Arndt, Kyle A., Liu, Jianzhao, He, Liyuan, Zuo, Yunjiang, Zona, Donatella, Lipson, David A., Oechel, Walter C., Ricciuto, Daniel M., Wullschleger, Stan D., Thornton, Peter E., Xu, Xiaofeng Vegetation Cover, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Soil Ph, Soil Depth, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Vegetation Species, Methane, Incoming Solar Radiation, Soil Temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Snow Depth, Wind Speed, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Rain, Humidity
Improved ELMv1-ECA simulations of zero-curtain periods and cold-season Tao, Jing, Zhu, Qing, Riley, William J., Neumann, Rebecca B. Vegetation Cover, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Soil Ph, Soil Depth, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Vegetation Species, Methane, Incoming Solar Radiation, Soil Temperature, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Snow Depth, Wind Speed, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Rain, Humidity
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