NGEE Arctic Tram: Radiation and Environmental Measurements over Low- and High-Centered Polygon Vegetation Communities, Barrow, Alaska, 2014-2017

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.5440/1410679· OSTI ID:1410679

Curtis, Bryan; Dengel, Sigrid; Moyes, Andrew; Serbin, Shawn; Chafe, Oriana; Lewin, Keith; Cook, Paul; Hahn, Melanie; Torn, Margaret

These data were generated from an observational platform (Tram), an automated cart carrying a suite of radiation and remote sensing instruments running on 68 meters of elevated track 1 to 1.5 meters above the surface of the vegetation communities of low- and high-centered polygon ground. The Tram is in the footprint of the NGEE Arctic/AmeriFlux eddy covariance flux tower (US-NGB) at the Barrow Environmental Observatory, Barrow, Alaska, and operated before, during, and after the growing seasons of 2014-2017. Dataset includes one user guide (*.pdf) with final and raw *.csv data files. The Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments: Arctic (NGEE Arctic), was a research effort to reduce uncertainty in Earth System Models by developing a predictive understanding of carbon-rich Arctic ecosystems and feedbacks to climate. NGEE Arctic was supported by the Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research. The NGEE Arctic project had two field research sites: 1) located within the Arctic polygonal tundra coastal region on the Barrow Environmental Observatory (BEO) and the North Slope near Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska and 2) multiple areas on the discontinuous permafrost region of the Seward Peninsula north of Nome, Alaska. Through observations, experiments, and synthesis with existing datasets, NGEE Arctic provided an enhanced knowledge base for multi-scale modeling and contributed to improved process representation at global pan-Arctic scales within the Department of Energy's Earth system Model (the Energy Exascale Earth System Model, or E3SM), and specifically within the E3SM Land Model component (ELM).

• Research Organization: Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments (NGEE) Arctic
• Sponsoring Organization: ESS-DIVE; U.S. DOE > Office of Science > Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1410679
• Availability: ORNL
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR TEMPERATURE
Albedo
ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
Barrow
Alaska
EC Tower
fPAR
Fraction Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation
LAND TEMPERATURE
LongW_inc
LongW_out
Longwave broadband downwelling irradiance
Longwave broadband net irradiance
Longwave broadband upwelling irradiance
NDVI_i
Net_longW
Net_Rad
Net_shortW
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
North Slope
Alaska
PAR_inc
PAR_out
Photosynthetically Active Radiation Downwelling
Photosynthetically Active Radiation Upwelling
ShortW_inc
ShortW_out
Shortwave broadband direct downwelling irradiance
Shortwave broadband total downwelling irradiance
Shortwave broadband total net irradiance
Shortwave broadband total upwelling irradiance
Sol_Irr_inc
Sol_Irr_out
Surface albedo
T_air_C
T_surf_C
Tram
Utqiagvik
Alaska