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

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

doi:10.5440/1410679

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

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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 formore »« less

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Curtis, Bryan;

; Moyes, Andrew;

;

; Lewin, Keith; Cook, Paul; Hahn, Melanie;

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Publication Date:: Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 UTC 2025

Other Number(s):: https://doi.org/10.5440/1410679; NGA129
ngee_1730956833DA4F8627A2EA69968DC1302017_11_30_182241358

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

Research Org.:: Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem; Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments (NGEE) Arctic

Sponsoring Org.:: U.S. DOE > Office of Science > Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Collaborations:: ORNL

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; Albedo; Barrow, Alaska; EC Tower; 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_Rad; Net_longW; 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; fPAR

OSTI Identifier:: 1410679

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.5440/1410679

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                    Curtis, Bryan, Dengel, Sigrid, Moyes, Andrew, Serbin, Shawn, Chafe, Oriana, Lewin, Keith, Cook, Paul, Hahn, Melanie, and Torn, Margaret. NGEE Arctic Tram: Radiation and Environmental Measurements over Low- and High-Centered Polygon Vegetation Communities, Barrow, Alaska, 2014-2017.  United States: N. p., 2025. 
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                    Curtis, Bryan, Dengel, Sigrid, Moyes, Andrew, Serbin, Shawn, Chafe, Oriana, Lewin, Keith, Cook, Paul, Hahn, Melanie, & Torn, Margaret. NGEE Arctic Tram: Radiation and Environmental Measurements over Low- and High-Centered Polygon Vegetation Communities, Barrow, Alaska, 2014-2017.  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.5440/1410679

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                    Curtis, Bryan, Dengel, Sigrid, Moyes, Andrew, Serbin, Shawn, Chafe, Oriana, Lewin, Keith, Cook, Paul, Hahn, Melanie, and Torn, Margaret. 2025.  
"NGEE Arctic Tram: Radiation and Environmental Measurements over Low- and High-Centered Polygon Vegetation Communities, Barrow, Alaska, 2014-2017".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.5440/1410679.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1410679. Pub date:Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 UTC 2025

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

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  abstractNote = {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).},

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