IPY_ShrubSoilTemp2008_excel

Excel file with metadata and data sheets.

Welker IPY snow shrub 2008 soil temperatures and soil water content Toolik, Alaska.

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Variables

Block
  • Label: Block
  • Definition: Locations of the set of treatments-one block consist of all four snow treatments: U = upper, S = south, N = north
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Treatment
  • Label: Treatment
  • Definition: Treatment-these are the four different snow manipulation treatments, C = control where now fence was put up, D = a drift treatment which is behind the snow fence (1 m x 15 m), DS = the drift plus shoveling which involved snow removal before melt and drift, DSW = plus shoveling plus added water after melt.
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Date
  • Label: Date
  • Definition: Date is the calendar day of flux measurements
  • Type: Date/time
  • Date format: dd-mmm-yyyy
  • Missing values: None specified
Plot
  • Label: Plot
  • Definition: Plot is the subsamples within a treatment
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Type
  • Label: Type
  • Definition: Type is measurements in between tussocks or on tussocks
  • Type: Nominal
  • Missing values: None specified
Soil temperature
  • Label: Soil temperature
  • Definition: Soil temperature
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: celsius
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • . = Missing or Not Measured
soil water content
  • Label: soil water content
  • Definition: Soil water content
  • Type: Physical quantity
  • Unit: percent
  • Maximum: Not specified
  • Minimum: Not specified
  • Precision: Not specified
  • Missing values:
    • . = Missing or Not Measured
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