SITE NAME: Ivotuk, Site A (Sphag site 4)

PRIMARY RESEARCHERS: V. Romanovsky

SITE LATITUDE/LONGITUDE: 68° 28.82' N, 155° 44.65' W

SITE ELEVATION (mean elevation above sea level, meters): 552.8 m

SITE SLOPE AND ASPECT: 1.24° ;312 °Magnetic

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL (landform) DESCRIPTION OF AREA CONTAINING SITE:
  Moist moss (Sphagnum sp.) dominated acidic tundra
  LAI optical = 1.2
  Daytime albedo = 0.174

SOIL DESCRIPTION (predominant texture, i.e., ‘sand’, ‘gravel’, ‘peat’, etc.):

PERMANENT TEMPERATURE AND/OR MOISTURE INSTALLATIONS (probes, recorders, sensors, etc.); INCLUDE ANNUAL AVERAGE VALUES/RANGES WHEN POSSIBLE:

CLOSEST CLIMATE STATION (name, lat./long.); INCLUDE MONTHLY AIR TEMP. AND SNOW DEPTH FOR YEARS OF CALM MEASUREMENTS:

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

2/97 KMH