ABoVE: Active Layer Soil Characterization of Permafrost Sites, Northern Alaska, 2018

Description

This dataset provides in situ soil measurements including soil dielectric properties, temperature, and moisture profiles, active layer thickness (ALT), and measurements of soil organic matter, bulk density, porosity, texture, and coarse root biomass. Samples were collected from the surface to permafrost table in soil pits at selected sites along the Dalton Highway in Northern Alaska. From North to South, the study sites include Franklin Bluffs, Sagwon, Happy Valley, Ice Cut, and Imnavait Creek. Measurements were made from August 22 to August 26, 2018. The purpose of the field campaign was to characterize the dielectric properties of permafrost active layer soils in support of the NASA Arctic and Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) Airborne Campaign.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F1759
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/Permafrost_ActiveLayer_NSlope.html
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1759
21 ABoVE project site https://above.nasa.gov
33 ABoVE: Active Layer Soil Characterization of Permafrost Sites, Northern Alaska, 2018: Data_Descriptions_with_Equations.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/Permafrost_ActiveLayer_NSlope/comp/Data_Descriptions_with_Equations.pdf
33 ABoVE: Active Layer Soil Characterization of Permafrost Sites, Northern Alaska, 2018: 20425_PROCHECK_Manual_Web.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/Permafrost_ActiveLayer_NSlope/comp/20425_PROCHECK_Manual_Web.pdf
33 ABoVE: Active Layer Soil Characterization of Permafrost Sites, Northern Alaska, 2018: 20587_TEROS11-12_Manual_Web.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/Permafrost_ActiveLayer_NSlope/comp/20587_TEROS11-12_Manual_Web.pdf
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/above/Permafrost_ActiveLayer_NSlope/
33 ABoVE: Active Layer Soil Characterization of Permafrost Sites, Northern Alaska, 2018: Permafrost_ActiveLayer_NSlope.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/Permafrost_ActiveLayer_NSlope/comp/Permafrost_ActiveLayer_NSlope.pdf
34 Site sampling plan used for characterizing active layer soils (left). Axes are in meters. At Imnavait Creek, active layer thickness (ALT) was measured on transects intersecting a central soil pit. Soil dielectric properties, in situ moisture and temperature profiles were measured, and soil samples were collected for analyses from the soil pit (right). https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/Permafrost_ActiveLayer_NSlope_Fig1.png

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  • soils
  • land-surface
  • frozen-ground
  • earth-science

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