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Soils Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOREAS TGB-03 Dissolved Organic Carbon Data from the NSA | 1 | LABORATORY | CARBON ANALYZERS | 1994-05-04 to 1994-09-14 |
N: 55.88 S: 55.88 E: -98.48 W: -98.48 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-03 Plant Species Composition Data over the NSA Fen | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 1994-07-01 to 1996-07-31 |
N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05 |
CSV | |
| BOREAS TGB-04 Water and Sediment Temperature Data over the NSA-BP (Beaver Pond) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | THERMOCOUPLES | 1994-05-28 to 1994-09-18 |
N: 55.84 S: 55.84 E: -98.03 W: -98.03 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-05 Biogenic Soil Emissions of NO and Nitrous Oxide | 1 | LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION | GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, TEMPERATURE SENSORS | 1993-08-14 to 1995-07-29 |
N: 56.17 S: 55.15 E: -96.52 W: -99.87 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-05 CO2, CH4, and CO Chamber Flux Data over the NSA | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY | MMR, THERMOCOUPLES, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS | 1994-03-08 to 1996-10-17 |
N: 56.17 S: 55.15 E: -96.52 W: -99.87 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-06 Soil Methane Oxidation and Production from NSA BP and Fen Sites | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS | 1993-08-24 to 1996-09-11 |
N: 55.93 S: 55.84 E: -98.03 W: -104.69 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-12 Carbon Dioxide Isotopic Content Data over the NSA | 1 | LABORATORY | MASS SPECTROMETERS | 1993-11-14 to 1996-10-10 |
N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -98.29 W: -98.62 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-12 Radon-222 Activity Data over the NSA | 1 | LABORATORY | SCINTILLATION COUNTERS | 1993-11-15 to 1994-08-16 |
N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -97.71 W: -98.62 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-12 Radon-222 Flux Data: NSA | 1 | LABORATORY | SCINTILLATION COUNTERS | 1993-11-15 to 1994-08-16 |
N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -97.71 W: -98.62 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-12 Soil Carbon and Flux Data of NSA-MSA in Raster Format | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1937-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS TGB-12 Soil Carbon Data: NSA | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY | THERMOMETERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, THERMISTORS, CHN ANALYZERS, BALANCE, MASS SPECTROMETERS | 1993-08-01 to 1996-07-21 |
N: 55.93 S: 55.07 E: -97.7 W: -98.95 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TGB-12 Soil Carbon Site Information | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 1993-08-01 to 1994-08-31 |
N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1994 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | WIND MONITOR, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, TEMPERATURE PROBES, RAIN GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, BAROMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS | 1993-12-15 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 56.89 S: 52.15 E: -97.87 W: -108.51 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1995 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | WIND MONITOR, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, TEMPERATURE PROBES, RAIN GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, BAROMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS | 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 56.89 S: 52.15 E: -97.87 W: -108.51 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1996 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | INFRARED THERMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, RAIN GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, BAROMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES | 1996-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05 |
ASCII | |
| Bowen Ratio Surf. Flux: Fritschen (FIFE) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1987-05-26 to 1989-08-14 |
N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61 |
CSV | |
| Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: GSFC (FIFE) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1987-05-26 to 1987-10-16 |
N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61 |
multiple | |
| Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: KSU (FIFE) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1987-05-29 to 1989-08-13 |
N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61 |
CSV | |
| Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: Smith (FIFE) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | THERMOCOUPLES, BAROMETERS, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, ANEMOMETERS | 1987-05-27 to 1989-08-13 |
N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61 |
multiple | |
| Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: UNL (FIFE) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1987-05-28 to 1987-10-17 |
N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61 |
multiple | |
| Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: USGS (FIFE) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1987-05-26 to 1987-10-17 |
N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61 |
multiple | |
| Burned and Unburned Field Site Data, Noatak, Seward, and North Slope, AK, 2016-2018 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS | 2016-07-22 to 2018-08-27 |
N: 69.6632 S: 65.0181 E: -148.641 W: -164.929 |
multiple | |
| Carbon Pools across CONUS using the MaxEnt Model, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016, and 2017 | 1 | LANDSAT-5, SPACE SHUTTLES, ALOS, FIELD SURVEYS, Aqua, ALOS-2, LANDSAT-8, MODELS | TM, SRTM, PALSAR, Computer, SURVEYING TOOLS, MODIS, PALSAR-2, OLI | 2005-01-01 to 2017-12-31 |
N: 52.8561 S: 21.5875 E: -64.1285 W: -130.233 |
GeoTIFF | |
| CARVE: Fire-Related Aerosol and Soil Elemental and Isotopic Composition, Alaska, 2013 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | MASS SPECTROMETERS | 2013-06-27 to 2013-08-10 |
N: 70.5 S: 61.5 E: -140 W: -168 |
CSV | |
| CARVE-ARCSS: Methane Loss From Arctic- Fluxes From the Alaskan North Slope, 2012-2014 | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, C-23 Sherpa | EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HUPCRS | 2012-05-23 to 2014-12-31 |
N: 71.5 S: 68.3 E: -155 W: -158 |
multiple |
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