West Dock

Description

This site is located on the outer Arctic Coastal Plain within the Prudhoe Bay oil field. The polygonized "uplands" and drained thaw-lake basins constitute the primary relief at these sites. Landcover units include Graminoid-moss tundra (wet nonacidic).

Measurements

intermediate borehole (63.0m), ID US22

air temperature
surface temperature
soil temperature profile to 1m
soil moisture at 3 depths
snow depth

Site Location Map

lat: 70.374467° | long: -148.552166° | elev: 3 m

Data

Surface Datasets (Original Instrumentation)

2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Surface Datasets

Original Instrumentation

2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 , 2021

New Instrumentation

2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 , 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Borehole data

2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

Other Resources

Alaska Geobotany Center: Biocomplexity of Frost Boil Ecosystems

Images

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