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Shaver, G. 1989. Above ground biomass in acidic tussock tundra experimental site, 1989, Arctic LTER, Toolik, Alaska. Arctic LTER, Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole, Ma 02543. 1989gsttbm http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/arc/terrest/biomass/index.shtml 

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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:	88dltlo.3
Dataset Title:	Soil temperatures, lake temperature, lake depth, and evaporation pan depth and pan water temperature data from Toolik Field Station, Toolik Lake, Alaska for 1988.
Investigator 1:
First Name:	Gus
Last Name:	Shaver
Organization:	Marine Biological Lab
Address line 2:	Ecosystems Center
Address line 3:	7 MBL St
City:	Woods Hole
State:	MA
Zip Code:	02543
Country:	USA
Investigator 2:
First Name:	Jim
Last Name:	Laundre
Organization:	Marine Biological Lab
Address line 2:	Ecosystems Center
Address line 3:	7 MBL St
City:	Woods Hole
State:	MA
Zip Code:	02543
Country:	USA
Associate Investigators:
Keywords:	soil temperature, lake temperature, lake depth, evaporation pan, weather
Abstract:	Weather data file for Arctic Tundra LTER site at Toolik Lake. Only the sensors that are measured every 10 minutes and averaged every three hours are include, i.e. soil temperatures, lake temperature, lake depth, and evaporation pan depth and pan water temperature.
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.1507&urlTail=weather/tl/data/88dltlo.csv
Data File Name	88dltlo.dat
Beginning Date	5/1/1988
End Date	9/1/1988
Number of Data Records	4855
Other Files to Reference
Availability Status
Quality Control Information
Maintenance Description
Log of Changes:	Log of changes: 13July99 Changed 0 Hour to 2400 and the Julian day to Julian -1. Otherwise 0 Hour values were assigned to a new day. 22NOV99 Changed variable format to conform to more recent files. JL For Archival Use: DATE RECEIVED: 14Nov90 DATA FILE ENTERED BY:Julie Pallant DATA FILE VALIDATION: NAME: Julie Pallant DATE: 4Oct91
	Version 2 Added the attribute info and updated the metadataform
	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	TFS Weather Station	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	University of Alaska Fairbanks Toolik Field Station, North Slope of Alaska (68 degrees 38'N, 149 degrees 36'W)	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	68.628256	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees
Longitude	-149.59598	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees	In Decimal Degrees
Elevation	726.5	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:	Weather data has been collected at Toolik Lake (68 degrees 38'N, 149 degrees 36'W) by a Campbell 21x datalogger since June 1988. Sensors that are measured every minute and averaged or totaled every hour include: air temperature and relative humidity at 1 and 5 meters, wind speed at 1 and 5 meters, wind direction at 5 meters, global solar radiation, photosynthetically active radiation, net radiation (Fritschen type), barometric pressure, and unfrozen precipitation. Sensors measured every 10 minutes and averaged every three hours include: soil temperatures, lake temperature, lake depth, and evaporation pan depth and pan water temperature. Net radiation and pan evaporation are only measured during the summer months. The hourly data are in the file 88DLTLH.DAT, the three hourly data are in 88DLTLO.DAT, and daily summaries are in 88DLTLD.DAT. The full description of the sensors and site is in file SENSORS.DOC. The original data is in file 88DLTDAT.ZIP, which is archived at The Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole, MA. Notes: Lake temperature is measured near the lake depth sensor. Therefore the lake depth measurements give the depth at which lake temperature is measured. Toolik lake depth is from the lake surface to the depth of the sensor, which is mounted on the near-shore bottom at approximately 2 meters depth. NOTE: Lake depth was record by a pressure transducer placed offshore in less then 1 meter of water. It was removed during the winter and replaced the following year with a transducer that could be placed deep enough to avoid freezing. Lake temperature during the summer was measured at the depth of the lake depth sensor. Soil temperatures consist of a profile in a moss dominated plant community within 3 meters of the weather station. Lake and the 50 and 100 cm soil thermocouples worked erratically during the winter because of a loose wire. Pan evaporation measurements are only made from June through August. See the Comments variable for additional notes.

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 of collection	number	number
DAYS	Julian plus fraction of day.	number	number
ID	Datalogger program step	number	number			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
JULIAN	Julian date	number	number	ddd
HOUR	Time - Alaska standard time	datetime		hhmm
BATTERY	Battery voltage of datalogger	number	volt			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
LAKE DEPTH	Toolik lake depth	number	centimeter			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
EVAPO DEPTH	Evaporation Pan depth	number	millimeter			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
EVAPO TEMP	Evaporation pan water temperature Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SOIL1 MOSS	Soil profile 1 moss temperature	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SOIL1 5CM	Soil profile 1 temperature 10 cm Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SOIL1 10CM	Soil profile 1 temperature 20 cm Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SOIL1 20CM	Soil profile 1 temperature 20 cm Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SOIL1 50CM	Soil profile 1 temperature 50 cm Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SOIL1 100CM	Soil profile 1 temperature 100 cm Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SOIL1 150CM	Soil profile 1 temperature 150 cm Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SOIL2 MOSS	Soil profile 2 moss temperature	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SOIL2 5CM	Soil profile 2 temperature 10 cm Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SOIL2 10CM	Soil profile 2 temperature 20 cm Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SOIL2 20CM	Soil profile 2 temperature 20 cm Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SOIL2 50CM	Soil profile 2 temperature 50 cm Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SOIL2 100CM	Soil profile 2 temperature 100 cm Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
SOIL2 150CM	Soil profile 2 temperature 150 cm Celsius	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
LAKE TEMP	Lake Temp at LAKE DEPTH	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
Comments	Comments about individual data points.	text
AIR TC 1M	Air Temp,1 meter using thermocouple	number	celsius			#N/A=Missing or Not Measured
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