Continuous Snow Depth, Intensive Site 1, Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska, 2012-2014

Continuous Snow depth data were collected at several points within four intensive study areas in near Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska. All sites were located on polygonal permafrost and co-located with micromet surface measurements and subsurface measurements. These data assist in the calculation of the energy balance at the land surface and will also be useful as inputs into modeling activities. Included are 18 CSV data files and one file level metadata CSV file.
The Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments: Arctic (NGEE Arctic), was a research effort to reduce uncertainty in Earth System Models by developing a predictive understanding of carbon-rich Arctic ecosystems and feedbacks to climate. NGEE Arctic was supported by the Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research. The NGEE Arctic project had two field research sites: 1) located within the Arctic polygonal tundra coastal region on the Barrow Environmental Observatory (BEO) and the North Slope near Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska and 2) multiple areas on the discontinuous permafrost region of the Seward Peninsula north of Nome, Alaska. Through observations, experiments, and synthesis with existing datasets, NGEE Arctic provided an enhanced knowledge base for multi-scale modeling and contributed to improved process representation at global pan-Arctic scales within the Department of Energy's Earth system Model (the Energy Exascale Earth System Model, or E3SM), and specifically within the E3SM Land Model component (ELM).