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US-RTS: Toolik Retrogressive Thaw Slump

Tower_team:
PI: Jennifer Watts jwatts@woodwellclimate.org - Woodwell Climate Research Center
PI: Kyle Arndt karndt@woodwellclimate.org - Woodwell Climate Research Center
Lat, Long: 68.5273, -149.5492
Elevation(m): 890
Network Affiliations: AmeriFlux
Vegetation IGBP: GRA (Grasslands: Lands with herbaceous types of cover. Tree and shrub cover is less than 10%. Permanent wetlands lands with a permanent mixture of water and herbaceous or woody vegetation. The vegetation can be present in either salt, brackish, or fresh water.)
Climate Koeppen: ET (Tundra)
Mean Annual Temp (°C): -9
Mean Annual Precip. (mm): 330
Flux Species Measured: CO2, CH4, H, H2O
Years Data Collected: 2025 - Present
Years Data Available:No data available
Data Use Policy:AmeriFlux CC-BY-4.0 Policy1
Description:
This tower is located just north of a retrogressive thaw slump (RTS) 11 km south of Toolik Lake, Alaska. The tower was placed so that the primary footprint ...
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Research Topics: Carbon fluxes from disturbances
Acknowledgment: This tower was made possible with equipment from the Ameriflux Management Project Rapid Response Program
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