Eight Mile Lake Research Watershed, Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research (CiPEHR): Half-hourly soil moisture and temperature data, 2008-2025

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Authors: Elliot Kennedy, Craig R. See, Gerardo Celis, Marguerite Mauritz, Meghan Taylor, Justin Ledman, Susan Natali, Edward A. G. Schuur, Bonanza Creek LTER
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Abstract

The Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research (CiPEHR) project addresses the following questions: 1) Does ecosystem warming cause a net release of C from the ecosystem to the atmosphere?, 2) Does the decomposition of old C that comprises the bulk of the soil C pool influence ecosystem C loss?, and 3) How do winter and summer warming alone, and in combination, affect ecosystem C exchange? We are answering these questions using a combination of field and laboratory experiments to measure ecosystem carbon balance and radiocarbon isotope ratios at a warming experiment located in an upland tundra field site near Healy, Alaska in the foothills of the Alaska Range. This data set includes half-hourly values of surface moisture content (gravimetric, 0-5cm), depth-integrated soil moisture (volumetric, 0-20 cm), and soil temperature in winter warming, summer warming, and control treatment plots at CiPEHR.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Climate change and permafrost Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil and Unsaturated Flow

Publication details

Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Dataset