Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

ABoVE: Thaw Depth at Selected Unburned and Burned Sites Across Alaska

Published by ORNL_DAAC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Catalog Last Checked: June 23, 2026 at 09:43 PM | Dataset Last Updated: June 22, 2026
This dataset provides thaw depth measurements made at seven locations across Alaska, during August 2016, June and September 2017, and July-August 2018. Three of the locations are paired unburned-burned sites. At each site, three 30-meter transects were established and thaw depth was measured at 1-meter increments along each transect using a 1.15 m T-shaped thaw depth probe. Locations were selected to investigate fire disturbance, to span the range of permafrost regions from continuous to sporadic, and to cover vegetation types from boreal forests, tussock tundra, upland willow/herbaceous scrub, and lowland fen and wet tundra sites across Alaska. The data are provided in comma-separated values (CSV) format.

Resources

7 resources available

Find Related Datasets

data.gov

An official website of the GSA's Technology Transformation Services

Looking for U.S. government information and services?
Visit USA.gov