Arctic Vegetation Plots in NPS Arctic Network Parks, Alaska, 2002-2008

Description

This dataset provides environmental, soil, and vegetation data collected at selected locations in the parks and preserves of the National Park Service (NPS) Arctic Network (ARCN) between 2002 and 2008. The ARCN includes five national parks and preserves in northern Alaska encompassing 19.5 million acres and represents some of the wildest, most undisturbed areas left on earth: The Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Kobuk Valley National Park, and the Noatak National Preserve. The sampling sites were chosen to represent the full range of vegetation in the area with replication, and for uniformity in floristic composition and environmental conditions and were positioned on transects along toposequences within major physiographic units (riverine, lacustrine, lowland, upland, subalpine and alpine). Specific attributes include dominant vegetation, species, and cover, soil chemistry, physical characteristics, moisture, and organic matter, as well as site disturbance from various sources.

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Name Format Description Link
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1542
33 PDF of the guide document https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/Arctic_Network_Veg_plots/comp/Arctic_Network_Veg_plots.pdf
22 Browse Image https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/Arctic_Network_Veg_Plots_Fig1.jpg
33 Related study report by Jorgenson et al., 2009 https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/Arctic_Network_Veg_plots/comp/jorgensont_2009_ecosurvey.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F1542
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/above/Arctic_Network_Veg_plots/
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/Arctic_Network_Veg_plots.html
33 Pre-ABoVE: Arctic Vegetation Plots in NPS Arctic Network Parks, Alaska, 2002-2008: jorgenson_2009_envlegend.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/Arctic_Network_Veg_plots/comp/jorgenson_2009_envlegend.pdf
21 ABoVE project site https://above.nasa.gov

Tags

  • ecosystems
  • soils
  • land-surface
  • biosphere
  • vegetation
  • earth-science

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