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Barrow (site 1) Soil Climate Research Station

Barrow (site 1) Soil Climate Station

N 71º 19’ 20.7”
W 156º 36’ 39.2”

This soil climate station was established in June of 1995 and is located north of Barrow, Alaska, near the NOAA Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL). The elevation is about 9 m (30 ft). This station monitors soil temperature at various depths to a maximum of 120 cm, and soil water content at 5, 20, and 35 cm depths. Measurements are made at 20-minute intervals and averaged and recorded every hour.

Project Personnel:

  • University of Delaware, Dept. of Geography
    • Fredrick Nelson
  • University of Cincinnati, Dept. of Geography
    • Ken Hinkel
  • USDA-NRCS, National Soil Survey Center
    • Cathy Seybold
    • Debbie Harms

Barrow (site 1) 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.

Last Modified: 03/06/2008

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