Arctic LTER

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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:	90dltud.3
Dataset Title:	Daily weather and soil temperature data from the Toolik Tussock Experimental plots, Arctic LTER 1990.
Investigator 1:
First Name:	Gus
Last Name:	Shaver
Organization:	Marine Biological Laboratory
Address line 2:	The Ecosystems Center
Address line 3:	7 MBL Street
City:	Woods Hole
State:	MA
Zip Code:	02543
Country:	USA
Investigator 2:
First Name:	Jim
Last Name:	Laundre
Organization:	Marine Biological Laboratory
Address line 2:	The Ecosystems Center
Address line 3:	7 MBL Street
City:	Woods Hole
State:	MA
Zip Code:	02543
Country:	USA
Associate Investigators:
Keywords:	weather, temperature, relative humidity, radiation, wind
Abstract:	Daily weather and soil temperature data from the Toolik Tussock Experimental plots. In 1990 a Campbell CR21X datalogger was installed in block 2 of the Toolik LTER experimental tussock plots. The plots are located on a hillside near Toolik Lake (68 38' N, 149 36'W). Sensors were placed in a control, fertilized, greenhouse, greenhouse fertilized, shade house and shade house fertilized plots.
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.1549&urlTail=weather/tu/data/90dltud.csv
Data File Name	90dltud.dat
Beginning Date	5/1/1990
End Date	9/1/1990
Number of Data Records	191
Other Files to Reference
Availability Status
Quality Control Information
Maintenance Description
Log of Changes:	Log of changes: 19Oct00 Added year and y2k date. Standardized the variables across years. JimL For Archival Use: DATE RECEIVED: 8Jun92 DATA FILE ENTERED BY: J.Laundre DATA FILE VALIDATION: 18Oct92 NAME:JL DATE:
	Version 3: Metadata updated to newer form (with sites sheet). Units updated to current standards. Discrepancy with variable names fixed. CH April 2013.

RESEARCH LOCATION:
Location Name	LTER Moist Acidic Tussock Tundra	Select Site or enter New One	Select Site or enter New One	Select Site or enter New One	Select Site or enter New One	Select Site or enter New One	Select Site or enter New One	Select Site or enter New One
Geographic Description	Toolik Lake Field Station (68 38' N, 149 36'W), LTER tussock site on hill south of Toolik Lake, North Slope of Alaska.	Enter Description	Enter Description	Enter Description	Enter Description	Enter Description	Enter Description	Enter Description
Location Bounding Box
West Bounding Coordinate
East Bounding Coordinate
North Bounding Coordinate
South Bounding Coordinate
OR if single point location
Latitude	68.624411	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees
Longitude	-149.609589	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees
Elevation	750	In Meters	In Meters	In Meters	In Meters	In Meters	In Meters	In Meters
Link to Google Map	View on Google Map


TAXONOMIC COVERAGE:
Organisms studied

Methods:	A Campbell CR21x datalogger, in the LTER acidic experimental plots (block 2), is used to monitor weather and soil temperatures. Sensors in the control plot include: global solar radiation, photosynthetically active radiation, unfrozen precipitation, air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and wind direction at 3 meters. Additional seasons in greenhouses and shade houses plots measure air temperature, relative humidity and photosynthetically active radiation during the growing season. These sensors are read every minute and averaged or totaled every hour. Two profiles of soil temperature are measured per treatment plot with copper/constantin thermocouple wires (TC) installed at depths of 10, 20, and 40 cm in inter-tussock areas. The following label codes are used: CT = control, GH = greenhouses, SH = shade houses, F = fertilized, GF= greenhouse fertilized, SF = shade house fertilized, plus a 1 or a 2 for the profile number. All soil sensors are read every 15 minutes and averaged every 3 hours. Hourly, three hourly and daily summaries are in files yyDLTUH.DAT, yyDLTUO.DAT, and yDLTUD.DAT respectively, where yy is the year in which the data are collected. The original data are in file yyDLTDAT.ZIP which is archived at The Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole, MA. Note: The covers on greenhouses and shade houses are removed every fall and reinstalled every spring. Notes: Only unfrozen precipitation is reported. Missing days: Day 167 hour 1600 to day 172 hour 1400 (Bad connection); Day 228 hour 1100 to day 231 hour 1900; Day 313 hour 0500 to end of year (Battery volts dropped below 9.7). Wind speeds less then .447 are considered calm. Pyranometer had an offset of -0.008; data was not corrected. Quantum sensors would go negative during low light/darkness. Most of the time the offset was -2.236 but occasionally one would read >-44. For the global solar radiation sensors no attempt is made to correct for frost or snow on the sensors during the winter months. Therefore winter radiation data should be view as suspect and used only qualitatively. The control RH sensor was faulty, never getting above 82%. Data are report but not used in vapor pressure calculation. Reference Citations: Buck, A.L. 1981 New equations for computing vapor pressure and enhancement factor. Journal of Applied Meteorology 20:1527-1532. Sampling Description. VAPOR PRESS : If Air Temp > 0 then (RH 5M/100) * 6.1121 * exp(17.368 * AIR TEMP 5M/(238.88 + AIR TEMP 5M)) If Air Temp < 0 then (RH 5M/100) * 6.1121 * exp(17.966 * AIR TEMP 5M/(238.88 + AIR TEMP 5M)) PYR TOTAL CM2 HOUR: PYRANOMETER * 0.3600 jcm2 * 1000 Watt/Kwatt

Data Table

Variable Name	Variable Description	Data Type	Units	DateTime Format	Code Information	Missing Value Code
YEAR	Year	datetime		YYYY
DATE	Date	datetime		DD-MMM-YYYY
MONTH	Month	text
ID	Program step that output the data	text
JULIAN	Julian Date	datetime		ddd
Rain mm	Total daily unfrozen rain	number	millimeter			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
CT TEMP 3M	Daily average air temperature at 3meter Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
MAX CT TEMP 3M	Maximum temperature at 3 meter	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
MAX HOUR CT TEMP 3M	Time of air temperature max at 3 meters	datetime		hhmm
MAX WIND SPEED 3M	Wind Speed Maximum at 3 meter	number	meterPerSecond			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
MAX HOUR WIND SP	Time of wind speed Max at 3M	datetime		hhmm
MIN CT TEMP 3M	Minimum air temperature at 3 meter	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
MIN HOUR CT TEMP 3M	Time of air temperature min at 3 meter	datetime		hhmm
WIND SPEED 3M m/s	Daily average wind speed at 3 meter	number	meterPerSecond			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
GH TEMP N	Daily greenhouse air temperature Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SH TEMP N	Daily shade house air temperature Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
CT Quantum mol/m2/day	Control Quatnum radiation in moles per meter sq. per day	number	molePerMeterSquaredPerDay			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
GH Quantum mol/m2/day	Greenhouse Quatnum radiation in moles per meter sq. per day	number	molePerMeterSquaredPerDay			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SH Quantum mol/m2/day	Shade house Quatnum radiation in moles per meter sq. per day	number	molePerMeterSquaredPerDay			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
VAPOR PRES	Avg. Vapor Pressure at 3 meters	number	millibar			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
PYR J CM2 DAY	Total joules per sq cm per day	number	joulePerCentimeterSquaredPerDay			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
CT1 10cm	Set 1 daily average soil temperature at 10cm	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
CT1 20cm	Set 1 daily average soil temperature at 20cm	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
CT1 40cm	Set 1 daily average soil temperature at 39cm	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
CT2 10cm	Set 2 daily average soil temperature at 10cm	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
CT2 20cm	Set 2 daily average soil temperature at 20cm	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
CT2 40cm	Set 2 daily average soil temperature at 40cm	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
COMMENTS	Comments about individual datum points.	text

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