Kruse, Stefan; Haupt, Sarah; Wei, Linfeng (2025): Ring width chronolgies (N=181) from seven boreal forest tree species and shrubs (willows) across a bioclimatic gradient in Alaska sampled in 2023 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.981212 (DOI registration in progress)
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Published: 2025-05-27
Abstract:
The data set consists of tree ring width chronologies from tree species. The samples were taken with an increment borer predominantly from the north of the tree at breast height (1.3 m above ground) and were dried in the field. In Potsdam, we sanded, digitized and further processed the scans by identifying the ring layers (from bark to pith and including or estimating the centre) and exporting the tree ring width for each year in one data file. By crossdating we checked against other tree ring width chronologies from the same site for missing rings and corrected them. The data containing files in dendrochronological TUCSON format (1/100 mm) are added in the Metadata-section as "other version". The region covered is part of the Northern Boreal Forest and the Tundra-Taiga Ecotone (TTE). The fieldwork was planned and carried out by researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). It took place in the summer of 2023, from 20 June to 19 July. The study area covers boreal forests in different bio-climatic regions from the northern tundra and open forested areas in the Brooks Range. It contains sites in Alaska Interior and the southern region of the boreal mainland of Alaska following generally all major roadways.
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Median Latitude: 64.486427 * Median Longitude: -147.893530 * South-bound Latitude: 60.945766 * West-bound Longitude: -150.432367 * North-bound Latitude: 67.557225 * East-bound Longitude: -144.952864
Date/Time Start: 2023-06-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-07-15T00:00:00
Minimum Elevation: 117.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 962.0 m
Event(s):
EN23602 * Latitude: 60.945766 * Longitude: -149.365874 * Date/Time: 2023-06-23T00:00:00 * Elevation: 173.0 m * Location: Southcentral Alaska, USA * Campaign: AK-Land_2023_Alaska-transect (Forest Change Northwest America Leg I) * Basis: AWI Arctic Land Expedition * Method/Device: Vegetation survey (VEGSUR) * Comment: Plot for full vegetation survey; Disturbed forest + southwest slope + mixed forest; Chugach State Park (Alaska)
EN23604 * Latitude: 62.226281 * Longitude: -150.239867 * Date/Time: 2023-06-25T00:00:00 * Elevation: 117.0 m * Location: Southcentral Alaska, USA * Campaign: AK-Land_2023_Alaska-transect (Forest Change Northwest America Leg I) * Basis: AWI Arctic Land Expedition * Method/Device: Vegetation survey (VEGSUR) * Comment: Plot for full vegetation survey; Near highway + slightly disturbed + black spruce dominated area + no slope + very wet; Talkeetna (Alaska)
EN23608 * Latitude: 63.819985 * Longitude: -148.996053 * Date/Time: 2023-06-26T00:00:00 * Elevation: 631.0 m * Location: Alaska Interior, USA * Campaign: AK-Land_2023_Alaska-transect (Forest Change Northwest America Leg I) * Basis: AWI Arctic Land Expedition * Method/Device: Vegetation survey (VEGSUR) * Comment: Plot for full vegetation survey; Boreal forest in the halfway hill + not that wet + tall shrubs; Healy (Alaska)
Comment:
The fieldwork was made possible by support from Glenn P. Juday, expert in forest ecology at the University of Fairbanks (UAF). Further, it was supported by Hideki Kobayashi, Gaku Amada and Go Iwanahe from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and the International Arctic Research Center (IARC at UAF). We acknowledge using the dendrochronological workshop facilities of the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences and support by Gerhard Helle and Ingo Heinrich.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Kruse, Stefan | |||
| 2 | Latitude of event | Latitude | Kruse, Stefan | |||
| 3 | Longitude of event | Longitude | Kruse, Stefan | |||
| 4 | Sample ID | Sample ID | Kruse, Stefan | Tree ID | ||
| 5 | Subsample ID | Subsample ID | Kruse, Stefan | |||
| 6 | Species | Species | Kruse, Stefan | |||
| 7 | Position | Position | Kruse, Stefan | Coring Position. Breast height = 1.3 m, Basal height = just above root collar | ||
| 8 | Direction | Direction | Kruse, Stefan | Tree drill (TDRILL) | Tree core direction | |
| 9 | Age | Age | a AD/CE | Kruse, Stefan | ||
| 10 | AGE | Age | ka BP | Kruse, Stefan | Geocode | |
| 11 | Tree ring width | TRW | mm | Kruse, Stefan | Tree ring sampling (TREE) | |
| 12 | Proposed International Geo Sample Number | Prop IGSN | Kruse, Stefan | Link will be valid when IGSNs are registered |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
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Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
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