Arctic Vegetation Plots in Willow Communities, North Slope, Alaska, 1997

Description

This data set provides environmental, soil, and vegetation data collected in July and August 1997 from 85 study plots in willow shrub communities located along a north-south transect from the Brooks Range to Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope of Alaska. Data includes the baseline plot information for vegetation, soils, and site factors for the study plots subjectively located in three broad habitat types across the glaciated landscape. Specific attributes include: dominant vegetation species, cover, indices, and biomass pools; soil chemistry, physical characteristics, moisture, and organic matter. This product brings together for easy reference all the available information collected from the plots that has been used for the classification, mapping, and analysis of geobotanical factors in the region and across Alaska.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1368
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F1368
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/above/Willow_Veg_Plots/
21 ABoVE project site https://above.nasa.gov
33 Willow_Veg_Plots.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/Willow_Veg_Plots/comp/Willow_Veg_Plots.pdf
22 The low willow community Anemono-Salicetum richarsonii (subass. lupinetosum arctici) is widely distributed on upper terraces along the Sagavanirktok River (Schickhoff et al., 2002). https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/Willow_Veg_Plots_Fig1.jpg
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/Willow_Veg_Plots.html
33 Willow_Veg_Plots_photos.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/Willow_Veg_Plots/comp/Willow_Veg_Plots_photos.pdf

Tags

  • snow-ice
  • climate-indicators
  • ecosystems
  • soils
  • land-surface
  • biosphere
  • cryosphere
  • vegetation
  • cryospheric-indicators
  • earth-science

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