Summer 2018 measurements of CO2 emissions and soil temperature profiles at a permafrost site in Council, Alaska. The dataset was collected by the AMD_KOPRI organization to monitor changes in the Arctic region. Data collection concluded in August 2018.
Use Cases
- Analyze the correlation between soil temperature profile depth and CO2 emission rates.
- Model diurnal or seasonal CO2 flux patterns from the permafrost site during the 2018 summer.
- Validate remote sensing or climate model outputs for Arctic permafrost regions using in-situ CO2 and temperature data.
Strengths
- Data is temporally specific, focused on the summer season of 2018.
- Provides in-situ measurements for a critical Arctic permafrost location.
Limitations
- Dataset scope is limited to a single summer season and one geographic site.
- Unknown sample size and temporal resolution limit statistical analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- AMD_KOPRI via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- In-situ measurement of CO2 and soil temperature profiles.
- Time Range
- Summer 2018.
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Council, Alaska, USA (permafrost region).