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

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.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1999-07-19T00:00:00Z
    End:  1999-09-11T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1999-07-19T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 1999-09-11T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 80.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 64.00000
Bounding Box West Long -112.00000
Bounding Box East Long -85.00000
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Documentation #1 : readme_arcss081.txt

Documentation #2 : report_excerpt.txt
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Resource Format ASCII: ASCII Text (text/plain)
XLS: Excel (application/vnd.ms-excel)
PDF: Portable Document Format (application/pdf)
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
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Asset Size 16 MB
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Author Grizelle Gonzalez
William A. Gould
Martha K. Raynolds
Publisher N/A
Publication Date 2009-04-29T15:01:34
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier 106.ARCSS081
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:02:05Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::106.ARCSS081
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Grizelle Gonzalez, William A. Gould, Martha K. Raynolds. (2009). Canadian Transect of Soils and Vegetation for the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map. 1.0. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.ARCSS081. Accessed 24 October 2025.

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