Automatic weather stations and stand-alone soil temperature sensors (Hobo logger) between August 2018 to August 2019 at two boreal forest sites in the region of Lake Ilirney and Lena-Viluy in Eastern Siberia, link to csv files

This data set includes meteorological and soil temperature data obtained from two study areas in Eastern Siberia. The first study area is located at Lake Illirney in Chukotka, on a plateau above the treeline. The study site is located in a high-latitude boreal forest zone with alpine tundra above the treeline where the automatic weather station (AWS) is located. The annual average temperature is below zero degrees and results in continuous permafrost. One stand-alone Hobo logger for soil temperature measurements was installed in the soil pit next to the AWS. A second one at the subsite in a sparse larch-dominated forest with an average larch tree height of 12.5 m and 1 % cover of Salix shrubs with an average height of 0.9 m.