Arctic LTER

Weather at Toolik

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Data sets were provided by the Arctic LTER. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants #DEB-981022, 9211775, 8702328; #OPP-9911278, 9911681, 9732281, 9615411, 9615563, 9615942, 9615949, 9400722, 9415411, 9318529; #BSR 9019055, 8806635, 8507493.

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Dataset URLs:	METADATA: HTML, Rich Text, XML(EML compliant) DATA: Comma Delimited, Excel file with Metadata and data
Dataset ID:	1989_presentgsbkrn.05
Dataset Title:	Bulk precipitation collected during summer months on a per rain event basis at Toolik Field Station, North Slope of Alaska, Arctic LTER 1998 to present.
Investigator 1:
First Name:	Gus
Last Name:	Shaver
Organization:	Marine Biological Lab
Address line 2:	7 MBL St
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City:	Woods Hole
State:	MA
Zip Code:	02543
Country:	USA
Investigator 2:
First Name:	Jim
Last Name:	Laundre
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Keywords:	precipitation, rain, phosphorus, nitrogen, pH, inorganic nutrients
Abstract:	Bulk precipitation was collected during summer months (June, July and August) on a per rain event basis at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Toolik Field Station, North Slope of Alaska (68 degrees 37' 42"N, 149 degrees 35' 46"W). Analysis of pH, NH4-N and phosphorus were performed at the field station. NO3-N were frozen and analyzed in Woods Hole, MA
For questions about the Metadata and data contact the Investigators. For information about this web site contact:	Arctic LTER Information Manager The Ecosystems Center Marine Biological Lab 7 MBL St Woods Hole, MA 02543 Phone (508) 289 7496 Email: arc_im@mbl.edu Online URL: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/ARC/
DATA FILE INFORMATION:
Data File URL	http://metacat.lternet.edu/das/dataAccessServlet?docid=knb-lter-arc.1421&urlTail=terrest/rain/data/1989_presentgsbkrn.csv
Data File Name	1989_presentgsbkrn
Beginning Date	6/1/1989
End Date	8/1/2003
Number of Data Records	272
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Availability Status	1
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Maintenance Description
Log of Changes:	Version 2: May 2006 Converted metadata to Excel worksheet and added title and attribue. JimL
	Version 3: Added LTERNET Data Access server proxy for Excel and comma delimited data files.
	Version 4: Upadte LTERNET Data Access server proxy link for Excel and comma delimited data files. Changed from knb to das in url.
	Version 5: Updated metadata form to newer version (without site sheet). Updated units to current standards. Fixed discrepency with header variable names. CH 25Jan2013 Updated to newer metadata with site sheet. CH March 2013.

RESEARCH LOCATION:

Location Name

Toolik

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Geographic Description

University of Alaska Fairbanks Toolik Field Station, North Slope of Alaska (68 degrees 37' 42"N, 149 degrees 35' 46"W) .

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Latitude

68.624

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Longitude

-149.607

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Elevation

719

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TAXONOMIC COVERAGE:
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Methods:	Four open funnel precipitation collectors (diameter 18.6 cm) were setup near the Arctic LTER Toolik Experimental Moist Acidic Tussock Plots during the summer months. Glass wool was used to prevent debris from entering the 1 liter nalgene collection bottles. Precipitation was collected after every rain event. If any bird droppings were noted then that sample was discarded. An event rainfall is considered over when it does not rain for approximately 6 hours, however this definition is not exact. The precipitation volume, pH, NH4-N and PO4-P were measured at the field station. In 1989 NH4-N and PO4-P chemistry was done manually using standard nutrient procedures (see ARC LTER Methods Manual) with NO3-N being analyzed back in Woods Hole, MA. From 1990-1996 the nutrients were analyze using a Technicon Autoanlyzer or an Alpkem FLOW Solution Analyzer at the station. From 1997 to present analysis of pH, NH4-N and phosphorus are performed at the field station with NO3-N samples being frozen and sent back to Woods Hole, MA for analysis. Where no data from all the funnels occurred it was estimated from similar rain events. Notes: In this file only the average of each precipitation event is reported. The values were first converted to mg/m2 using the volume of rain collected in each funnel and the funnel area. Missing samples are designated by a #N/A.

Data Table

Variable Name	Variable Description	Data Type	Units	DateTime Format	Code Information	Missing Value Code
Year	Year of collection	datetime		yyyy
Month	Month of collection	datetime		m
DATE	Date rain collected	datetime		dd-mmm-yyyy
Average of Cm Rain	average amount of rain from the 4 funnels	number	centimeter			#N/A
pH	pH measured in lab shortly after collection.	number	dimensionless			#N/A
NH4-N mg/m2	NH4 umoles/l * .014 mg/umoles * volume rain * 0.0272 m^2 area of bucket	number	milligramPerMeterSquared			#N/A
NO3-N mg/m2	NO3 umoles/l * .014 mg/umoles * volume rain * 0.0272 m2 area of bucket	number	milligramPerMeterSquared			#N/A
PO4-P mg/m2	PO4 umoles/l * .014 mg/umoles * volume rain * 0.0272 m2 area of bucket	number	milligramPerMeterSquared			#N/A
COMMENTS	Notes about individual data values	text

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