Explanation to the data files submitted by V. Romanovsky.

All data are from Council, Seward Peninsula. Coordinates and
short description of sites are in the files headings.

Temperatures are in øC, soil moisture is shown as volumetric
water content (m3/m3).

1) File ForestJoss:

Measured every 5 min and hourly averaged data:

Column F - Air temperature at ca 1.6 meters above ground surface
Column G - Ground surface (interface between the ground and the
atmosphere) temperature (1 cm below the surface)
Columns from H to T - Soil temperatures at different depths
(depths are shown in line 10)
Columns from U to W - Soil moisture (volumetric water content) at
0.15 m, 0.31 m and 0.54 m depths.

2) File ForestTWday:

Daily averaged data:

Column E - Air temperature at ca 1.6 meters above ground surface
Column F - Ground surface (interface between the ground and the
atmosphere) temperature (1 cm below the surface)
Columns from G to T  - Soil temperatures at different depths
(depths are shown in line 10)
Please, ignore column R
Columns U to W - Soil moisture (volumetric water content) at 0.15
m, 0.31 m and 0.54 m depths.


3) File TundraJoss:

Measured every 5 min and hourly averaged data:

Column F - Air temperature at ca 1.6 meters above ground surface
Column G - Ground surface (interface between the ground and the
atmosphere) temperature (1 cm below the surface)
Column H - temperature at 3 cm above ground-air interface
Columns from I to T - Soil temperatures at different depths
(depths are shown in line 10)
Columns from U to W - Soil moisture (volumetric water content) at
0.15 m, 0.26 m and 0.36 m depths.

4) File TundraTWDay:

Daily averaged data:

Column E - Air temperature at ca 1.6 meters above ground surface
Column F - Ground surface (interface between the ground and the
atmosphere) temperature (1 cm below the surface)
Column G - temperature at 3 cm above ground-air interface
Columns from H to S  - Soil temperatures at different depths
(depths are shown in line 10)
Columns T to V - Soil moisture (volumetric water content) at 0.15
m, 0.31 m and 0.54 m depths.

5) File ShrubJoss:

Measured every 5 min and hourly averaged data:

Column F - Air temperature at ca 1.6 meters above ground surface
Column G - Ground surface (interface between the ground and the
atmosphere) temperature (2 cm below the surface)
Column H - temperature at 2 cm above ground-air interface
Columns from I to T - Soil temperatures at different depths
(depths are shown in line 10)
Columns from U to W - Soil moisture (volumetric water content) at
0.16 m, 0.26 m and 0.48 m depths.

6) File ShrubTWday:

Daily averaged data:

Column E - Air temperature at ca 1.6 meters above ground surface
Column F - Ground surface (interface between the ground and the
atmosphere) temperature (2 cm below the surface)
Column G - temperature at 2 cm above ground-air interface
Columns from H to T  - Soil temperatures at different depths
(depths are shown in line 10)
Please, ignore column R
Columns U to W - Soil moisture (volumetric water content) at 0.16
m, 0.26 m and 0.48 m depths.