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Description

This dataset provides 20,582 snow depth measurements collected at six sites near Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. Measurements were made during March or April from 2014-2019. The sites were located at or near Goldstream, Creamer's Field, APEX, the Permafrost Tunnel and Farmer's Loop. The US Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) owns and operates facilities at the Permafrost Tunnel and Farmer's Loop. The sites are suitable for manipulation experiments, installing permanent equipment, and establishing long-term measurements.

Product Summary

Platforms
FIELD SURVEYS
Instruments
GPS,
MAGNAPROBE
Spatial Extent
N: 64.9512 S: 64.6938 E: -147.611 W: -148.332
Geographic Region
ALASKA
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2014-04-14 to 2019-03-07
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
c2143403414-ornl_cloud
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

DOUGLAS, T. A., HIEMSTRA, C. A., & BARKER, A. J. (2019). ABoVE: End of Season Snow Depth at CRREL sites near Fairbanks, Alaska, 2014-2019. ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1702 Date Accessed: 2025-06-24

Additional Citation

Douglas, T.A., C.A. Hiemstra, and A.J. Barker. 2019. ABoVE: End of Season Snow Depth at CRREL sites near Fairbanks, Alaska, 2014-2019. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1702

Documents

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION ABoVE: End of Season Snow Depth at CRREL sites near Fairbanks, Alaska, 2014-2019: End_of_Season_Snow_Depth.pdf
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION End-of-Season Snow Depth Measured at Six Sites near Fairbanks, Alaska, 2014-2019: end_of_season_snow_depth_all_sites.zip
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION End-of-Season Snow Depth Measured at Six Sites near Fairbanks, Alaska, 2014-2019: end_of_season_snow_depth_all_sites.kmz
USER'S GUIDE ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation

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