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Arctic Vegetation Plots from Pingo Communities, North Slope, Alaska, 1984-1986

Metadata Updated: September 4, 2025

This data set provides vegetation species and vegetation plot data collected between 1983 and 1985 from 293 study plots on 41 pingos on the North Slope of Alaska. The pingos were located within the Arctic Coastal Plain in the Kuparuk, Prudhoe Bay, Kadleroshilik, and Toolik River areas. Specific attributes include dominant vegetation species, cover, soil pH, moisture, and physical characteristics of the plots.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 4, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date September 4, 2025
Publisher ORNL_DAAC
Maintainer
Identifier 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1507
Data Last Modified 2025-08-27
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Harvest Object Id cc0136c5-8bce-47b9-8194-ee7220706152
Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=Pingo_Veg_Plots_1507&ac=true
Old Spatial {"WestBoundingCoordinate":-149.949,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":70.4996,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-147.657,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":69.7116},"CARTESIAN"
Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 5da268409b4de0738a3934d8c678a6489cfe2af223c1209c8ece5f8f25ab083a
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 1983-01-01/1983-01-01

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