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Description

This dataset provides vegetation cover and environmental plot and soil data collected at flux tower sites of the North Slope Arctic System Science/Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions (ARCSS/LAII) project in August of 1995 and 1996. The 19 ARCSS/LAII flux tower sites are located along a North-South transect from near Prudhoe Bay to the foothills of the Brooks Range on the North Slope of Alaska. At 17 of the flux tower sites, one or more vegetation plots (29 total) were established and measurements including (1) plant species cover for the major vegetation types using the Braun-Blanquet approach, (2) plot environmental data, and (3) soil profile descriptions were recorded. In addition, at all 19 sites, plant growth form composition and cover were surveyed using a point sampling technique along multiple transects within selected plots.

Product Summary

Platforms
FIELD SURVEYS
Instruments
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Spatial Extent
N: 70.2835 S: 68.49 E: -148.59 W: -150.25
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1995-08-15 to 1996-08-18
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
c2162119253-ornl_cloud
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated

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WALKER, D. A., & BREEN, A. L. (2017). Arctic Vegetation Plots at ARCSS/LAII Flux Sites, North Slope, Alaska, 1995-1996. ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1536 Date Accessed: 2025-07-10

Documents

GENERAL DOCUMENTATION Pre-ABoVE: Arctic Vegetation Plots, ARCSS/LAII Flux Sites, North Slope, AK, 1995-1996: North_Slope_Veg_Plots_Env_Codes_Scalars.pdf
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION Pre-ABoVE: Arctic Vegetation Plots, ARCSS/LAII Flux Sites, North Slope, AK, 1995-1996: North_Slope_Veg_Plots_1995_field_summary.pdf
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION Pre-ABoVE: Arctic Vegetation Plots, ARCSS/LAII Flux Sites, North Slope, AK, 1995-1996: North_Slope_Veg_Plots_Plotmap.jpg
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION Pre-ABoVE: Arctic Vegetation Plots, ARCSS/LAII Flux Sites, North Slope, AK, 1995-1996: North_Slope_Veg_Plots_1995_soil_description.pdf
GENERAL DOCUMENTATION Pre-ABoVE: Arctic Vegetation Plots, ARCSS/LAII Flux Sites, North Slope, AK, 1995-1996: North_Slope_Veg_Plots.pdf

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