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Spectral Reflectance of Tundra Plants

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A plot at a common garden ecotype site near Eagle Creek, Alaska. Common garden sites were established with different populations of the tussock-forming sedge taken from different latitudes in Alaska.

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Researchers with the Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) measured plot-level and species-specific full-spectrum reflectance data for tundra plants.

River Ice Breakup and Freeze-up Stages from ABoVE

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Examples of freeze-up stages in the Grayling study area. Landsat images are displayed as color composites (R: SWIR, G: NIR, B: green), where water appears dark blue and snow/ice appears light blue.

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Estimates of river ice breakup and freeze-up stages along selected reaches of the Yukon and Tanana Rivers in the Yukon River Basin in interior Alaska from 1972-2016 are now available from ABoVE.

Soil Temperature Profiles for Interior Alaska

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USArray measurement sites in Alaska. Sites are labeled with site ID and maximum measurement depth and color-coded by mean annual ground temperature (MAGT in degrees C) of the deepest sensor measurements. Data are omitted for sites disrupted by bears.

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Soil temperature data were collected at Alaskan USArray seismic monitoring sites from 2016-2018.

Temporal Dynamics of Lake Area in the Arctic

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Near-daily CubeSat imagery was collected within four large regions across the ABoVE study area. Timeseries of lake area were derived from the CubeSat imagery for more than 80,000 lakes in these regions.

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Near-daily CubeSat imagery provides information on the seasonal dynamics of more than 80,000 lakes.

Greenhouse Gases from Arctic-CAP

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Arctic-CAP flight lines (orange) sampled Arctic and boreal regions of Alaska and Canada. Pins mark the locations of vertical profiles that were repeatedly acquired during the 2017 growing season.

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Atmospheric carbon and methane concentrations were measured during the 2017 Arctic Carbon Aircraft Profile (Arctic-CAP) flights throughout Alaska and western Canada.