ARCSS/LAII Flux and ATLAS

In progress, will be added as funding allows

Several maps were constructed as part of the NSF-funded FLUX (Kane and Reeburgh 1998) and Arctic Transitions in the Land-Atmosphere System (ATLAS) projects (McGuire et al. 2003). These maps were made to help in the extrapolation of energy, trace-gas, and water fluxes from plot-scale measurements to much broader regions (Reeburgh et al. 1998; Shippert et al. 1995; Muller et al. 1998, Muller et al. 1999).

The ATLAS study focused at sites scattered across northern Alaska and Seward Peininsula (Ivotuk, Atkasuk, Barrow, Council, and Quartz Creek). Research grids (100x100 m) were established in areas of zonal and common vegetation types at all of these sites. The original intent was to map all of these grids, but only those at Ivotuk were finished (Reidel et al. 2005). The Ivotuk maps will be included.