MetaData (soil temperature and light, 2023 to 2025) for Sun_Spears project, Midtre Lovénbreen, Svalbard

The files contain MetaData (soil temperatures and light flux data) for the period of August 2023 thrugh August of 2025. The data are from sites 1 and 2 as described in the following papers: Schmidt SK, MA Cramm, AJ Solon et al. 2025. Biological soil crust microcolonies reveal how microbial communities assemble following retreat of a High Arctic glacier. FEMS Microbes xtaf007. Cimpoiasu MO, O Kuras, H Harrison, et al. 2025. High-resolution 4D electrical resistivity tomography and below-ground point sensor monitoring of High Arctic deglaciated sediments capture zero-curtain effects, freeze–thaw transitions, and mid-winter thawing. The Cryosphere 19: 401–421 Cimpoiasu MO, O Kuras, H Harrison, et al. 2024. Characterization of a deglaciated sediment chronosequence in the High Arctic using near‐surface geoelectrical monitoring methods. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 35: 157-171. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.2220