Ivotuk-1 (Acidic tundra)

Description

This site is no longer in operation but was located near the Ivotuk airstrip, a low arctic tundra site located between the Colville River and the Brooks Range near the East Fork of the Etivluk River.  It was established as part of the NSF sponsored Arctic Transitions in the Land-Atmosphere System (ATLAS) project (1998-2000).  The vegetation cover at this site is a moist acidic tundra.

 

Measurements

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

Site Location Map

 

lat: 68.487344° | long: -155.742760° | elev: 571 m

Data

ATLAS data for this site can be found here.

Images

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