Identification

Title

Canadian Transect of Soils and Vegetation for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map

Alternative title(s)

106.ARCSS081

Abstract

This dataset contains Canadian Transect of Soils and Vegetation for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map data. The report summarizes environmental, vegetation, and soil data collected from 116 releves along a 2000-km transect from Amund Ringnes, Axel Heiberg, and Ellesmere Islands in the northern Canadian Arctic to a site at the southern edge of the Canadian tundra. Data include sample site descriptions (e.g., thaw depths, aspect, and surficial geology); soil pH, chemistry, and texture; and vascular, bryophyte, and lichen species cover. Scientists involved in the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map (CAVM) project, with the help of undergraduate students enrolled in a University of Minnesota field course, conducted this north-south transect study of the Canadian Arctic to investigate large-scale climate-related variations in vegetation.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/106.ARCSS081

protocol: https

name: Canadian Transect of Soils and Vegetation for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map homepage

description: Dataset homepage

Unique resource identifier

code

106.ARCSS081

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Resource Type

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Field Surveys

Keyword set

keyword value

Soils

Chemistry

Arctic

Land Character

Vegetation

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL TEXTURE

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL BULK DENSITY

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > NITROGEN

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > PLANT CHARACTERISTICS

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > CARBON

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION SPECIES

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > PHOSPHORUS

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL PH

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > ALPINE/TUNDRA > ARCTIC TUNDRA

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > FROZEN GROUND > ACTIVE LAYER

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION COVER

EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > POTASSIUM

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > FUNGI > LICHENS

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-112.00000

East bounding longitude

-85.00000

North bounding latitude

80.00000

South bounding latitude

64.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1999-07-19T00:00:00Z

End position

1999-09-11T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2009-04-29T15:01:34Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

organisation name

USDA Forest Service

telephone number

(787) 766-5335

email address

ggonzalez@fs.fed.us

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-07T22:48:27Z

Metadata language

eng; USA