This file contains meta-data for file 
<1973-01 Webber IBP Microtopographic Grid Point Data Barrow.txt>.

Contains point data collected on land cover from Webber's
IBP microtopographic grid collected in 1973, 1999, 2000 and 2001 at Barrow, Alaska.


GENERAL INFORMATION
PI/DATA CONTACT= Webber, Patrick J (MSU)/ Tweedie, Craig E
FUNDING SOURCE AWARD # = NSF OPP 9906692
DATA COVERAGE = START: 19730601; STOP: 20010831 UTC
PLATFORM/SITE = Barrow, Alaska (71o19'N 156o37'W);
INSTRUMENT = None.
DATA VERSION = 1.0 (25 January 2002), 
               PRELIMINARY [likely to contain errors]


CONTACT INFORMATION
Craig E. Tweedie
100 North Kedzie Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI  48824-1031
Voice: 517 355-1285
Fax:   517 432-2150
Email: tweedie@msu.edu


DATA COLLECTION
Data were collected from each peg marking the grid.


META-DATA FORMAT
The following prefixes have been used to designate data type.
   str - indicates string (text) data
   dtm - indicates date time data
   num - indicates numeric data
   mem - indicates memo data

FIELD DESCRIPTIONS for:
<1973-01 Webber IBP Microtopographic Grid Point Data Barrow.txt>.

strPegNo - Peg number where alpha code is peg number along x-axis and numerical code is distance along y-axis (m).
numDistanceWidth - Peg distance from x-axis origin.
numDistanceLength - Peg distance from y-axis origin.
numActLay19730703 - Active layer depth on 3rd July 1973.
numActLay19730713 - Active layer depth on 13th July 1973.
numActLay19730723 - Active layer depth on 23rd July 1973.
numActLay19730802 - Active layer depth on 8th August 1973.
numActLay19730812 - Active layer depth on 12th August 1973.
numActLay20000823 - Active layer depth on 23rd August 2000.
numActLay20010702 - Active layer depth on 2nd July 2001.
numActLay20010811 - Active layer depth on 11th August 2001.
numPegAngleNS1972 - Angle of peg tilt in North-South direction 1972.
strPegDirnNS1972 - Direction of peg tilt in North-South direction 1972.
numPegAngleEW1972 - Angle of peg tilt in East-West direction 1972.
strPegDirnEW1972 - Direction of peg tilt in East-West direction 1972.
numPegAngleNS1999 - Angle of peg tilt in North-South direction 1999.
strPegDirnNS1999 - Direction of peg tilt in North-South direction 1999.
numPegAngleEW1999 - Angle of peg tilt in East-West direction 1999.
strPegDirnEW1999 - Direction of peg tilt in East-West direction 1999.
numPegHt1999 - Height of top of peg above ground level in 1999.
numRelElevation1972 - Relative elevation of ground in 1972.
numRelElevation2001 - Relative elevation of ground in 2001.


NOTE
John Batty and Skip Walker collected 1973 data. Bob Hollister and Elise Poole collected 1999 data. Craig Tweedie collected 2000 and 2001 data. Craig Tweedie performed data entry, quality checking and management.