SNACS: Erosion Rates and Soil Physiochemical Properties in Northern Alaska Coastline (Photos) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.300 Summary This Dataset contains Erosion Rates and Soil Physiochemical Properties in Northern Alaska Coastline Photos and is part of the Collaborative Research: Flux and Transformation of Organic Carbon across the Eroding Coastline of Northern Alaska project. This proposed research addresses scientific questions through four main components designed to: (1) characterize the abundance, composition, and age of soil organic carbon (OC) and the abundance and structure of ground ice in relation to geomorphic environments, (2) estimate the total OC flux along the entire Alaskan Beaufort Sea coast and develop empirical models based on terrain and oceanographic factors to assess the vulnerability of the coasts to increased erosion resulting from a longer fetch due to sea-ice retreat, (3) to determine the biogeochemical transformation and bioavailability of OC associated with various dissolved and particulate forms as they cross the land/sea interface through field study and controlled laboratory experimentation; and (4) integrate our results to the pan-arctic scale through international collaboration with the Arctic Coastal Dynamics program. The study will involve extensive sampling at 50 random locations along the entire coast to develop precise estimates of OC abundance and flux with explicit confidence limits. Intensive sampling at three key sites that represent the dominant coastline types will be conducted to evaluate the transformation of the eroded OC. Three additional secondary sites will be established to broaden the monitoring to other coastline types and to involve local communities in the assessment of coastal changes. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 106.300 * doi:10.5065/D6WM1BJW https://doi.org/10.5065/D6WM1BJW Versions 1.0 Citation Ping, C., et al. 2010. SNACS: Erosion Rates and Soil Physiochemical Properties in Northern Alaska Coastline. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6WM1BJW Accessed 19 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * ARCSS: NSF Arctic System Science https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ARCSS Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: criteria * Language: English Grant Code 0436179 ISO Topic Categories * geoscientificInformation Categories * Arctic * Land Based * Land Character * Photography * Soils Platforms * Field Surveys Instruments * Soil Sampler GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL STRUCTURE * EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL HORIZONS/PROFILE * EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT Documentation * ReadMe.txt [3 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41C95B03260/ReadMe.txt Related links * companion: 106.299: SNACS: Erosion Rates and Soil Physiochemical Properties in Northern Alaska Coastline (Data) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.299 * info: ARCSS Data Policy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/arcss/Data_Policy.html * download: NSF Arctic Data Center https://doi.org/10.5065/D6WM1BJW * homepage: ARCSS EOL Webpage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/arcss Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2005-07-01 00:01:00 * End datetime: 2008-08-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 71.34 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 69.68 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -156.59 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -141.20 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Chien-Lu Ping https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/340 Additional contact information * author: Chien-Lu Ping https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/340 * author: Gary J. Michaelson https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/66 * author: Laodong Guo https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1051 * author: M. Torre Jorgenson https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1053 * author: Yuri Shur https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1052 * originator: Chien-Lu Ping https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/340 * principalInvestigator: Chien-Lu Ping https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/340 * principalInvestigator: Laodong Guo https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1051 * principalInvestigator: Yuri Shur https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1052 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.300?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.300?format=isotc211