Hydrometeorological, snow and soil data from a low-Arctic valley in the forest-tundra ecotone in Northern Quebec

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Main Authors: Lackner, Georg, Domine, Florent, Sarrazin, Denis, Nadeau, Daniel, Belke-Brea, Maria
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Published: PANGAEA 2022
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author Lackner, Georg
Domine, Florent
Sarrazin, Denis
Nadeau, Daniel
Belke-Brea, Maria
author_facet Lackner, Georg
Domine, Florent
Sarrazin, Denis
Nadeau, Daniel
Belke-Brea, Maria
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents The vegetation in the Arctic is changing, and tundra ecosystems in the southern limit of the Arctic become greener and gradually give way to boreal ecosystems. This change affects local populations, wildlife, energy exchange processes between environmental compartments, and the carbon cycle. To understand the progression and the implications of this vegetation transition, satellite measurements and surface models can be employed, but in situ observational data are required for validation. This data collection presents such data from two nearby sites in the forest-tundra ecotone in the Tasiapik valley near Umiujaq in northern Quebec, Canada. One site is on a mixture of lichen and shrub tundra and the data set there comprises 9 years of meteorological, soil and snow data as well as 3 years of eddy covariance data. The other site, 850 m away, features vegetation consisting mostly of tall shrubs and black spruce. There, 6 years of meteorological, soil and snow data are available. In addition to the data from the automated stations, profiles of snow density and specific surface area were collected during field campaigns.
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spellingShingle Hydrometeorological, snow and soil data from a low-Arctic valley in the forest-tundra ecotone in Northern Quebec
Lackner, Georg
Domine, Florent
Sarrazin, Denis
Nadeau, Daniel
Belke-Brea, Maria
dataset; Earth System Models for the future; ESM2025; forest-tundra ecotone; meteorological data; snow; Soil; Umiujaq
The vegetation in the Arctic is changing, and tundra ecosystems in the southern limit of the Arctic become greener and gradually give way to boreal ecosystems. This change affects local populations, wildlife, energy exchange processes between environmental compartments, and the carbon cycle. To understand the progression and the implications of this vegetation transition, satellite measurements and surface models can be employed, but in situ observational data are required for validation. This data collection presents such data from two nearby sites in the forest-tundra ecotone in the Tasiapik valley near Umiujaq in northern Quebec, Canada. One site is on a mixture of lichen and shrub tundra and the data set there comprises 9 years of meteorological, soil and snow data as well as 3 years of eddy covariance data. The other site, 850 m away, features vegetation consisting mostly of tall shrubs and black spruce. There, 6 years of meteorological, soil and snow data are available. In addition to the data from the automated stations, profiles of snow density and specific surface area were collected during field campaigns.
title Hydrometeorological, snow and soil data from a low-Arctic valley in the forest-tundra ecotone in Northern Quebec
topic dataset; Earth System Models for the future; ESM2025; forest-tundra ecotone; meteorological data; snow; Soil; Umiujaq
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.946538