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 28 May 2025. 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 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 > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION COVER * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > ALBEDO * EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ALBEDO * EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW DEPTH * EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW/ICE TEMPERATURE 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 * homepage: ARCSS EOL Webpage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/arcss * 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/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