Arctic Vegetation Plots at Arrigetch Peaks, Alaska, 1978-1981

Description

This data set provides environmental and vegetation data collected between 1978 and 1981 from 439 study plots at Arrigetch Peaks research site, located in the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in the Endicott Mountains of the central Brooks Range, Alaska. Plots varied between 1 and 50 square meters in size and were located in 13 broad habitat types across the glaciated landscape. Environmental data include aspect, elevation, and cover of bare soil, rock, soil crust, and litter. Species data are described according to the Braun-Blanquet system. This product brings together for easy reference all the available information collected from the vegetation plots in the Arrigetch Peaks region of Alaska.

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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%2F1358
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/above/Arrigetch_Peaks_Veg_Plots/
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/Arrigetch_Peaks_Veg_Plots.html
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1358
34 Browse Image https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/Arrigetch_Peaks_Veg_Plots_Fig1.png
21 ABoVE project site https://above.nasa.gov
33 Arrigetch_Peaks_Veg_Plots.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/Arrigetch_Peaks_Veg_Plots/comp/Arrigetch_Peaks_Veg_Plots.pdf

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  • land-use-land-cover
  • land-surface
  • biosphere
  • vegetation
  • earth-science

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