Kolyma Highland Soil Temperature and Meteorological Averages

Upper soil temperatures in the Kolyma Highland, Version 1 contains averaged soil temperature and meteorological data from 1977 to 1995 for sampling locations near the Aborigen research station in Northeastern Russia. The dataset, provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, includes measurements at multiple soil depths alongside environmental variables like snow depth, vegetation, and soil properties. Data is available as a tab-delimited ASCII text file and an Excel spreadsheet.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between soil temperature at 1 cm, 5 cm, 10 cm, and 20 cm depths and surface meteorological conditions.
• Modeling thaw depth and permafrost stability using variables like maximum annual snow depth, soil water content, and soil classification.
• Studying vegetation cover and type in relation to soil bulk density, field capacity, and local topography (slope gradient/aspect, elevation).
• Conducting spatial analysis of environmental factors using the provided latitude and longitude coordinates for each sampling location.

Strengths

• Provides an 18-year averaged record from 1977 to 1995, offering a stable baseline for environmental conditions.
• Includes a multi-faceted set of measurements covering soil, meteorological, vegetation, and topographic variables at each site.
• Data is available on multiple platforms (Data.gov and NASA Earthdata), indicating its established use in scientific research.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, file size, and specific column names are not provided by any source.
• There is a conflict in the 'last updated' date between platforms (1995-12-31 vs. 2026-03 12).
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' without explicit terms.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Averaged data from sampling locations near the Aborigen research station.

Time Range

1977 to 1995

Freshness

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Geography

Kolyma Highland, Northeastern Russia, near the Aborigen research station.