Thule Biocomplexity - Gross Ecosystem Photosynthesis

Ecosystem carbon dioxide flux measurements were taken at a High Arctic prostrate dwarf-shrub, herb tundra near Pituffik (Thule), Greenland (76 deg 29'N, 68 deg 26'W; elevation 245 m asl) northwest Greenland. Between 1978 and 2004, mean annual air temperature and precipitation for the site were -11.4 deg C and 12.5 cm respectively. Over the same period, growing season (June, July and August) air temperatures averaged 3.8 deg C and approximately 50% of precipitation fell between October and April as snow. The soil surface of the study site was approximately 40% covered by vascular plants and 60% unvegetated. Dominant vascular plants include the deciduous dwarf-shrub Salix arctica, the graminoid Carex rupestris and the wintergreen dwarf-shrub Dryas integrifolia. The dataset covers the growing seasons of 2006 and 2007.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2006-06-21T13:30:00Z
    End:  2007-08-21T13:30:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2006-06-21T13:30:00Z
Temporal Range End 2007-08-21T13:30:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 76.55000
Bounding Box South Lat 76.55000
Bounding Box West Long -68.56667
Bounding Box East Long -68.56667
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Spatial Resolution N/A
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Documentation #1 : Thule_Biocomplexity_NMSDsf_NEE_README.html

106.226 : is a companion to dataset 106.228

106.227 : is a companion to dataset 106.228
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Author Jeff M. Welker
Joshua Schimel
Ronald S. Sletten
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Publication Date 2008-11-13T17:25:06
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier 106.228
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category biota
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:01:57Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::106.228
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Jeff M. Welker, Joshua Schimel, Ronald S. Sletten. (2008). Thule Biocomplexity - Gross Ecosystem Photosynthesis. 1.0. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.228. Accessed 31 October 2025.

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