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| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arctic Vegetation Plots at Atqasuk, Alaska, 1975, 2000, and 2010 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS | BALANCE, PH METERS | 1975-01-01 to 2010-12-31 |
N: 70.4643 S: 70.4433 E: -157.346 W: -157.412 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots at Frost Boil Sites, North Slope, Alaska, 2000-2006 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS | 2000-08-16 to 2006-07-30 |
N: 70.3811 S: 69.1469 E: -147.991 W: -148.994 |
CSV | ||
| Arctic Vegetation Plots at Happy Valley, Alaska, 1994 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY | PROBES, SOIL SAMPLER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 1994-07-18 to 1994-07-31 |
N: 69.1689 S: 69.122 E: -148.82 W: -148.868 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots at Imnavait Creek, Alaska, 1984-1985 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION | SOIL SAMPLER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER, SPECTROMETERS, PROBES | 1984-08-01 to 1985-09-01 |
N: 68.625 S: 68.6 E: -149.23 W: -149.325 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots at Nome, Alaska, 1951 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS | BALANCE, PH METERS | 1951-07-30 to 1951-08-02 |
N: 64.629 S: 64.629 E: -165.264 W: -165.264 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots at Oumalik, AK, 1983-1985 | 1 | LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL PRESSURE PLATE, SOIL SAMPLER | 1983-06-21 to 1985-08-05 |
N: 69.8623 S: 69.8372 E: -155.899 W: -156.02 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 1973-1980 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS | 1973-01-01 to 1980-12-31 |
N: 70.3778 S: 70.2519 E: -148.289 W: -148.953 |
CSV | ||
| Arctic Vegetation Plots at Toolik Lake, Alaska, 1989 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY | PROBES, SOIL SAMPLER | 1989-08-01 to 1989-08-24 |
N: 68.643 S: 68.6228 E: -149.587 W: -149.651 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots at Umiat, North Slope, Alaska, 1951 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE | 1951-07-01 to 1951-08-31 |
N: 69.37 S: 69.37 E: -152.13 W: -152.13 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots ATLAS Project North Slope and Seward Peninsula, AK, 1998-2000 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 1998-07-01 to 2000-07-29 |
N: 71.3219 S: 64.7265 E: -153.74 W: -165.069 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots for IBP Tundra Biome, Barrow, Alaska, 1972-2010 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL SAMPLER | 1972-08-01 to 2010-08-01 |
N: 71.2997 S: 71.2882 E: -156.662 W: -156.711 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots from Pingo Communities, North Slope, Alaska, 1984-1986 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 1983-01-01 to 1983-12-31 |
N: 70.4996 S: 69.7116 E: -147.657 W: -149.949 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots in Flux Tower Footprints, North Slope, Alaska, 2014 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | SOIL SAMPLER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 2014-07-18 to 2014-07-31 |
N: 71.325 S: 68.4851 E: -155.747 W: -157.414 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots in Northern NWT and YT, Canada, 1965-1966 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL DEPTH PROBE | 1965-06-09 to 1966-08-13 |
N: 68.8244 S: 68.2203 E: -135.697 W: -138.748 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots in NPS Arctic Network Parks, Alaska, 2002-2008 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL SAMPLER | 2002-07-10 to 2008-08-10 |
N: 68.4902 S: 65.2767 E: -150.839 W: -165.323 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots in Willow Communities, North Slope, Alaska, 1997 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS | BALANCE, PH METERS | 1997-07-09 to 1997-08-17 |
N: 70.1878 S: 68.0331 E: -148.084 W: -149.851 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots Legacy Project Barter Island and Point Barrow, Alaska, 1994 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL SAMPLER | 1994-08-01 to 1994-08-11 |
N: 71.334 S: 70.1204 E: -143.597 W: -156.644 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots on Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 2007 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CONDUCTIVITY METERS, AUTOANALYZER | 2007-08-03 to 2007-08-27 |
N: 53.9087 S: 53.84 E: -166.44 W: -166.518 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots, Poplars, Arctic and Interior AK and YT, Canada, 2003-2005 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 2003-06-18 to 2005-08-17 |
N: 69.4718 S: 61.076 E: -135.222 W: -162.741 |
CSV | |
| Arctic Vegetation Plots, Prudhoe Bay ArcSEES Road Study, Lake Colleen, Alaska, 2014 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY | CORING DEVICES, PROBES, GPS, THERMOMETERS, BALANCE | 2014-08-06 to 2014-08-13 |
N: 70.2248 S: 70.2214 E: -148.467 W: -148.474 |
CSV | |
| BDSNP Module for Improved Soil NO Emission Estimates for CMAQ Model, Conterminous USA | 1 | MODELS | Computer | 1950-01-01 to 2016-11-16 |
N: 51.76 S: 22.75 E: -65 W: -129.79 |
netCDF-3 | |
| Biome-BGC: Modeling Effects of Disturbance and Climate (Thornton et al. 2002) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 2002-12-02 to 2002-12-02 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| Biome-BGC: Terrestrial Ecosystem Process Model, Version 4.1.1 | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 2000-07-05 to 2000-07-05 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| BOREAS AFM-08 ECMWF Hourly Surface and Upper Air Data for the SSA and NSA | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1994-05-13 to 1997-03-31 |
N: 62 S: 48 E: -92 W: -114 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS Agriculture Canada Central Saskatchewan Vector Soils Data, R1 | 2 | AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS | DIGITIZER | 1980-01-01 to 2001-02-06 |
N: 55.0614 S: 52.8618 E: -99.8739 W: -110.451 |
multiple |
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