This dataset provides meteorological data collected at two instrumented Power, Communication, and Data Collection (PCDC) Stations, located at Council Road Mile Marker 71 (CN_MM71) and Council Road Mile Marker 68 (Rocky Top). Measurements began in June of 2018 at CN_MM71 and Rocky Top. Data will be added periodically/annually. Meteorological data include air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, and snow depth. Measurements have been aggregated to both 10-minute and 30-minute reporting intervals four comma-separated (*.csv) files. At the CN_MM71 location, daily photographic images (09:00, 12:00, and 15:00 AKST/AKDT) of the PCDC Station and the surrounding landscape that are captured by an adjacent web camera. The daily 12:00 images from CN_MM71 camera have been compiled into a time-lapse movies. Raw data is also included.
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).
