Toolik, Alaska

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Toolik Soil Climate Station

N 68° 37’ 22.9”
W 149° 36’ 35.4”

This soil climate station was established in September of 1998 and is located near Toolik Lake, Alaska, at the University of Alaska/National Science Foundation Research camp. The elevation is about 759 m (2490 ft). This station monitors air temperature, precipitation, soil temperature at various depths to a maximum of 120 cm, and soil water contents at 9, 12, 38, 39, and 68 cm depths. Measurements are made at 20-minute intervals and averaged and recorded every hour.

Project Personnel:

• University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute
  • Vladimir Romanovsky
• University of Alaska Fairbanks, Palmer Research Center
  • Chien-Lu Ping
• USDA-NRCS, National Soil Survey Center
  • Cathy Seybold
  • Debbie Harms

Toolik 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 (192 KB)
• Data Labels (82 KB)
• Soils - Pedon Description (24 KB)
• Soils - Characterization (280 KB)

• Graphic Display of Data

• Toolik - 2006
• Toolik - 2005
• Toolik - 2004
• Toolik - 2003
• Toolik - 2002
• Toolik - 2001
• Toolik - 2000
• Toolik - 1999
• Toolik - 1998

• Download Data (daily averages) By Year

• Toolik - 2006 (396 KB)
• Toolik - 2005 (394 KB)
• Toolik - 2004 (395 KB)
• Toolik - 2003 (396 KB)
• Toolik - 2002 (396 KB)
• Toolik - 2001 (395 KB)
• Toolik - 2000 (359 KB)
• Toolik - 1999 (147 KB)
• Toolik - 1998 (288 KB)

• Disclaimer

Last Modified: 05/14/2008

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