Snow and Vegetation Measurements from Selected Sites Near Council, Alaska,
USA, 2000-2002
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS119

Summary
A combination of snow depth, snow temperature, snow water equivalent (SWE),
and albedo measurements were taken from the spring of 2000 to the fall of 2002
at five sites near Council, Alaska. The sites vary in land cover type from
forest to tundra. The purpose of the investigation was to understand the
potential effects of climate change on the region by measuring how conditions
change along a vegetation gradient. These data, which characterize snow cover
and snow-holding capacity of various vegetation types, can help scientists
understand how key meteorological events impact the arctic landscape. Data
files are in Excel format and include plots of the data and supplementary data
information.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 106.ARCSS119
 * doi:10.5065/D62805R7
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D62805R7

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Sturm, M., et al. 2009. Snow and Vegetation Measurements from Selected Sites
 Near Council, Alaska, USA, 2000-2002. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth
 Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D62805R7 Accessed 04 May 2025.

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Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge NSF 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
OPP-9732077

ISO Topic Categories
 * climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Categories
 * Arctic
 * Land Character
 * Snow and Land Ice
 * Surface
 * Vegetation

Platforms
 * Field Surveys

Instruments
 * Snow Measuring Rod
 * Temperature Loggers

Sites
 * Alaska

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > ALBEDO
 * EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ALBEDO
 * EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DEPTH
 * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION COVER
 * EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT

Documentation
 * index.html [20 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41AC3E91DCB/index.html
 * readme.txt [5 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41AC34E52F9/readme.txt

Related links
 * info: ARCSS Data Policy
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/arcss/Data_Policy.html
 * homepage: ARCSS EOL Webpage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/arcss
 * download: NSF Arctic Data Center
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D62805R7

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2000-05-09 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2002-10-03 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 64.9354
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 64.5029
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -163.7378
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -163.6496

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: Matthew Sturm <msturm@crrel.usace.army.mil>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/336

Additional contact information
 * author: Matthew Sturm <msturm@crrel.usace.army.mil>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/336
 * author: Charles H. Racine <charles_racine@yahoo.com>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1134
 * author: Glen E. Liston <liston@cira.colostate.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/780
 * author: Jon Holmgren <holmgren@crrel.usace.army.mil>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1249
 * author: Thomas A. Douglas <Thomas.A.Douglas@usace.army.mil>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/912
 * author: Ken Tape <kdtape@alaska.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/944
 * author: Peter Olsson <olsson@aeff.at.uaa.alaska.ed>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1250
 * author: Karl Volz <volz@aeff.uaa.alaska.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1864
 * author: April Cheuvront
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1854
 * author: Paul Heflinger
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1868
 * originator: Matthew Sturm <msturm@crrel.usace.army.mil>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/336
 * principalInvestigator: Matthew Sturm <msturm@crrel.usace.army.mil>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/336
 * principalInvestigator: Charles H. Racine <charles_racine@yahoo.com>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1134

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS119?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS119?format=isotc211