Arctic Vegetation and Soil Data from 56 Alaskan Plots

ORNL_CLOUD provides environmental, soil, and vegetation data from 56 study plots at the Happy Valley research site in Alaska's Brooks Range, collected in July 1994. This dataset captures baseline plot information subjectively located across 17 plant communities within 5 broad habitat types. It consolidates measurements used for classification, mapping, and analysis of geo-botanical factors in the region.

Use Cases

• Classifying arctic plant communities using dominant vegetation species and cover data.
• Analyzing relationships between soil chemistry, organic matter, and vegetation biomass pools.
• Mapping geo-botanical factors across glaciated landscapes using plot-based site factors.
• Studying soil physical characteristics and moisture across different habitat types.
• Providing a historical baseline for vegetation indices and species composition in the Arctic Foothills.

Strengths

• Data is structured around 56 specific study plots, providing a defined observational unit.
• Covers multiple environmental dimensions: vegetation species, biomass, soil chemistry, and physical characteristics.
• Represents 17 distinct plant communities across 5 habitat types, offering ecological diversity.

Limitations

• Key structural metadata like column names, row counts, and file sizes are unavailable from all sources.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date, listing both 1994-07-31 and 2026-03-13.
• Data collection is from a single month (July 1994), limiting temporal analysis.

Provenance

Source

ORNL_CLOUD

Collection Method

Field data collected from subjectively located study plots.

Time Range

1994-07

Freshness

2026-03-13 10:28:32.063743

Geography

Happy Valley research site along the Sagavanirktok River, northern Arctic Foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaska.