Atqasuk, Alaska

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Atqasuk Soil Climate Station

N 70° 27’ 08.7”
W 157° 24’ 42.4”

This soil climate station was established in June of 1996 and is located about 1.5 miles south of the Atqasuk airport runway. The elevation is about 22 m (74 ft). This station monitors air temperature, soil temperature at various depths to a maximum of 120 cm, and soil water content at 15, 25, 40, and 50 cm depths. Measurements are made at 20-minute intervals and averaged and recorded every hour.

Project Personnel:

• University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
• Fredrick Nelson
• USDA-NRCS, National Soil Survey Center
• Cathy Seybold
• Debbie Harms

Atqasuk Readings

Station data files contain a lot of data and are therefore very large files. It is recommended that you download the file before viewing it. To do so, right-click the link and select "Save Target As..." or select the save option in the File Download dialog box.

• Description of Station, Data, and Soils

• Station Record (247 KB)
• Data Labels (69 KB)

• Graphic Display of Data

• Atqasuk - 2006
• Atqasuk - 2005
• Atqasuk - 2004
• Atqasuk - 2003
• Atqasuk - 2002
• Atqasuk - 2001
• Atqasuk - 2000
• Atqasuk - 1999
• Atqasuk - 1998
• Atqasuk - 1997
• Atqasuk - 1996

• Download Data (daily averages) By Year

• Atqasuk - 2006 (396 KB)
• Atqasuk - 2005 (394 KB)
• Atqasuk - 2004 (395 KB)
• Atqasuk - 2003 (396 KB)
• Atqasuk - 2002 (396 KB)
• Atqasuk - 2001 (395 KB)
• Atqasuk - 2000 (359 KB)
• Atqasuk - 1999 (147 KB)
• Atqasuk - 1998 (288 KB)
• Atqasuk - 1997 (223 KB)
• Atqasuk - 1996 (138 KB) 

• Disclaimer

Last Modified: 03/06/2008

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