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Preliminary Investigation of Paleoenvironment, Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-Lake Basins, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska

Entry ID: ARCSS089

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Summary

Abstract: This data set contains measurements taken from 78 drained thaw-lake basins on the Arctic Coastal Plain between Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska. Investigators collected and analyzed sediment cores to determine soil and vegation composition, and used Landsat 7+ imagery and degree of basin polygonization to determine the relative age of the basins. Analysis of the cores included pollen, radiocarbon, and organic carbon subsampling. This project was part of an effort to determine the amount of carbon sequestered in drained basins, to determine changes in carbon accumulation rates over time, and to understand the influence of climate on the geomorphological evolution of lake basins on the Arctic Coastal Plain.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 71.31

S: 70.91

E: -155.55

W: -157.14

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Wendy R. Eisner

Dataset Title: Preliminary Investigation of Paleoenvironment, Processes, and Carbon Stocks of Drained Thaw-Lake Basins, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska

Dataset Release Date: 2003-01-01

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO, USA

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/arcss089.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2000-08-01

Stop Date: 2001-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ALASKA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > ARCTIC

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > CARBON

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > POLLEN

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

OCEANS

Platform

BALLOONS

ASOS > Automated Surface Observing System

Instrument

1DP > 1D Particles Probe

2DC > 2D Cloud Probe

Project

CAMEX-3 > Convection and Moisture Experiment 3

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

Use Constraints Some of the dataset are preliminary, before using this data for the
publication, please contact the data producer and Please cite the
dataset originator if you use this data.

Ancillary Keywords

AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION RECORD

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

GSFC/DAAC

Data Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Dataset ID: CAMEX-3
Dataset ID: TEFLUN
Dataset ID: TEFLUN-A
Dataset ID: TEFLUN-B

Data Center Personnel
Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP Phone: 301-614-5224 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov Contact Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center Code 610.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA