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Riku, Paavola; Lämsä, Juho (2024): Snow depth and ground frost depth at a boreal fen (Oulanka National Park, NE Finland) 1980-2023 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.965781

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Abstract:
Snow and ground frost depths were measured at a boreal fen close to Oulanka research station, northeastern Finland (66°22'N, 29°19'E) in years 1980 to 2023, as part of ongoing long-term surveys conducted by the research station staff. Data were collected manually by reading snow depths on survey sticks placed at the fen on fixed locations once per week. Ground frost depths were manually recorded by visually inspecting hollow tubes placed inside the snow depth survey sticks containing water and ink. The level of frozen coloured water was thus observed. The site is outside permafrost zone, so only the top layer of the soil freezes during winter. The data consists of separate weekly values of six (1980-2002) or seven (2007-) survey sticks, and of average values for the snow depth and ground frost depth. The data has two missing seasons; 1981-1982 and 2002-2003, and for 1989-1991 only ground frost depth was recorded. 2004 to 2007 the data consists of only one measurement stick. In 2007 one extra survey stick was added to the survey and the data is complete from thereafter. Despite some missing values in earlier years, the dataset contains 43 years of ongoing snow depth and ground frost depth recordings on a natural boreal fen.
Keyword(s):
Boreal; fen; ground frost depth; snow depth
Project(s):
International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic (INTERACT)
POLAR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK (POLARIN)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 66.377727 * Median Longitude: 29.307695 * South-bound Latitude: 66.377270 * West-bound Longitude: 29.306410 * North-bound Latitude: 66.378183 * East-bound Longitude: 29.308977
Date/Time Start: 1980-10-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-05-19T00:00:00
Event(s):
OULANKA_ONP_R21 * Latitude: 66.377270 * Longitude: 29.306410 * Location: Finland * Method/Device: Monitoring station (MONS) * Comment: Point (603112.42166944069322199 7363864.46902924869209528)
OULANKA_ONP_R22 * Latitude: 66.377443 * Longitude: 29.306851 * Location: Finland * Method/Device: Monitoring station (MONS) * Comment: Point (603131.41397260269150138 7363884.46102681942284107)
OULANKA_ONP_R23 * Latitude: 66.377598 * Longitude: 29.307268 * Location: Finland * Method/Device: Monitoring station (MONS) * Comment: Point (603149.4066832170356065 7363902.45382686890661716)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1Event labelEventRiku, Paavola
2Station labelStationRiku, Paavola
3LATITUDELatitudeRiku, PaavolaGeocode
4LONGITUDELongitudeRiku, PaavolaGeocode
5SeasonSeasonRiku, Paavola
6DATE/TIMEDate/TimeRiku, PaavolaGeocode
7Snow depthSnow depthcmRiku, PaavolaVisual quantification by permanent survey sticks
8Ground frost depthGround frost depthcmRiku, PaavolaVisual inspection of survey sticks containing water and ink
9Snow depthSnow depthcmRiku, PaavolaVisual quantification by permanent survey sticksAverage, stations R21-R27
10Ground frost depthGround frost depthcmRiku, PaavolaVisual inspection of survey sticks containing water and inkAverage, stations R21-R27
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 3 (ProcLevel3)
Size:
46699 data points

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