Veremeeva, Alexandra; Morgenstern, Anne; Gottschalk, Milena; Jünger, Iuliia; Laboor, Sebastian; Abakumov, Evgeny; Adrian, Irina; Angelopoulos, Michael; Antonova, Sofia; Boike, Julia; Bornemann, Niko; Cherepanova, Alexandra; Evgrafova, Svetlana; Fedorov-Davydov, Dmitry; Fuchs, Matthias; Grigoriev, Mikhail N; Günther, Frank; Hugelius, Gustaf; Kizyakov, Alexander; Kut, Anna; Laschinskiy, Nikolay; Lupachev, Alexey; Maksimov, Georgii T; Meyer, Hanno; Miesner, Frederieke; Minke, Merten; Nitzbon, Jan; Opel, Thomas; Overduin, Pier Paul; Ramage, Justine L; Liebner, Susanne; Polyakov, Vyacheslav I; Rivkina, Elizaveta; Runge, Alexandra; Schirrmeister, Lutz; Schwamborn, Georg; Siewert, Matthias Benjamin; Tarbeeva, Anna; Ulrich, Mathias; Wetterich, Sebastian; Zubrzycki, Sebastian; Grosse, Guido: ALLena: Compilation of thaw depth measurements of the active layer in the Lena River Delta region from 1998 to 2022, Northeastern Siberia, detailed tables and main data table [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.974408 (dataset in review)
Abstract:
Active layer thickness (ALT) is one of currently two Essential Climate Variables related directly to permafrost regions as defined by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). ALT is determined as the maximum thaw depth at the end of the thawing season and is being monitored across the Arctic to better understand climate change impacts on landscape, permafrost, hydrology, vegetation, and soil biogeochemistry. In addition, spatially and/or temporally distributed measurements of thaw depth (TD) in the active layer during the thawing period are often recorded during field work in permafrost regions for various research purposes and process understanding.
The ALLena dataset presents a compilation of thaw depth (TD) measurements of the active layer (AL) in the Lena River Delta region based on published and unpublished field data collected during Russian and joint German-Russian expeditions from1998 to 2022. The dataset contains data from different areas of the Lena Delta with clustering in research-intensive areas, e.g. in the vicinity of Research Station Samoylov Island, but also includes sites adjacent to the delta such as Muostakh Island, Bykovsky Peninsula and Tiksi settlement surroundings. The compiled data is distributed across various ecosystems and geomorphological units underlain by different types of deposits and characterized by various relief positions, microtopography, soil and vegetation cover (e.g. active floodplains, polygonal tundra on Holocene Lena Delta terraces, remnants of Yedoma Ice Complex, etc.).
TD measurements were conducted as opportunistic single as well as targeted TD transects or grid measurements. For some sites measurements of TD were repeated at the same locations in different years. TD was measured one time per site or several times at one location to capture small-scale heterogeneity depending on e.g. microcrotopography or vegetation type. The main data table contains discrete TD values if they were measured one to three times per site. In case of more than three TD values per measurement site, the main data table provides the minimum, maximum, and mean TD as well as the number of measurements that were averaged. For the studies with sites with more then three TD measurements per site the separate detailed table is provided.
The dataset presents a highly valuable compilation of TD data over a uniquely large Arctic region and long time span. It might complement the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) program and other published ALT and TD data for other permafrost regions and may be used for e.g. parametrization or validation of permafrost modelling and remote sensing studies.
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Funding:
Horizon 2020 (H2020), grant/award no. 871120: International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic - INTERACT III
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 72.419819 * Median Longitude: 126.523896 * South-bound Latitude: 71.554900 * West-bound Longitude: 123.363583 * North-bound Latitude: 73.575200 * East-bound Longitude: 130.032780
Date/Time Start: 1998-07-24T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2022-09-21T00:00:00
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Size:
2 datasets
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Datasets listed in this bundled publication
- Veremeeva, A; Morgenstern, A; Gottschalk, M et al. (in review): ALLena: Thaw depth measurements of the active layer in the Lena River Delta region from 1998 to 2022, Northeastern Siberia. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.973813
- Veremeeva, A; Morgenstern, A; Gottschalk, M et al. (in review): ALLena: Thaw depth measurements of the active layer in the Lena River Delta region from 1998 to 2022, Northeastern Siberia, detailed table 'Detailed_data_TD_Boike'. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.974025