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Air and ground temperature, air humidity and site characterization data from the Canadian Shield taiga near Kennady Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada

Emilie Stewart-Jones1, Ariane, Castagner1, Rupesh, Subedi 1, Thomas Knecht2, Stuart MacDonald1,Hannah Macdonnell1, Galina Jonat1, Olivia Meier-Legault1, Nicholas Brown1, Stephan Gruber1

1Carleton University
2Canton of Zurich

Abstract

These data were collected near Kennady Lake Northwest Territories, Canada. Data comprise air and ground temperature and air humidity measurements and detailed metadata describing surface and vegetation conditions at each site. Study plots measuring 15 m x 15 m were selected to represent different facets of the landscape. For each plot, four sub-plots were selected to represent the diversity of surface characteristics within the plot area. Metadata for each plot include surface features, disturbances and topography. Sub-plot metadata include vegetation type, abundance, and height as well as leaf-area index as measured by an accuPAR. In the centre of several of the plots, thermistor cables were installed into a borehole with sensors between 0.5 and 3 m deep. At each sub-plot, a single-channel temperature logger was installed approximately 10 cm below the ground surface. Four air temperature and humidity sensors were installed 2 m above the ground surface and ten temperature sensors were drilled into bedrock. Instruments for near-surface and air temperature were programmed to record data every 20 minutes, whereas temperatures in boreholes are recorded every 60 minutes. All instruments were set to UTC time. Time series have been aggregated to hourly and daily averages. The period of data coverage begins in July 2017.

Data citation

Stewart-Jones, E., Castagner, A., Subedi, R., Knecht, T., MacDonald, S., Macdonnell, H., Jonat, G., Meier-Legault, O., Brown, N., Gruber, S. 2023. Air and ground temperature, air humidity and site characterization data from the Canadian Shield taiga near Kennady Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, v. 1.0. Nordicana D123, doi: 10.5885/45804XD-592E48652C5840F9.

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Contributors

Karunaratne, Kumari Northwest Territories Geological Survey Kokelj, Steve Northwest Territories Geological Survey

Acknowledgements

This project was supported by the Canada Foundation for Innovation and Ontario Research Fund (project 32295) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (projects RGPIN-2015-06456, RGPIN-2020-04783, NETGP 523228-18). This research was part of a CanNor funded program run by Barrett Elliott at the Northwest Territories Geological Survey.

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Measurement sites

Site Latitude Longitude Altitude (m)
KDI-AirH 63.5015 -109.119 437 More info
KDI-AirL 63.5028 -109.106 414.3 More info
KDI-AirM 63.4994 -109.114 421.2 More info
KDI-AirShrubs 63.4994 -109.112 421 More info
KDI-E-Org2 63.4847 -109.036 414 More info
KDI-E-ShrubM 63.4827 -109.04 413.4 More info
KDI-E-ShrubT 63.4871 -109.038 413.8 More info
KDI-E-Tbot 63.482 -109.041 414.7 More info
KDI-E-Trees 63.4854 -109.034 411.3 More info
KDI-E-Tslp 63.4827 -109.041 417 More info
KDI-E-Ttop 63.4841 -109.043 430 More info
KDI-E-Wet 63.4838 -109.037 413.7 More info
KDI-R1 63.5019 -109.105 414.1 More info
KDI-R2 63.5026 -109.102 416.3 More info
KDI-R3 63.5005 -109.104 418.8 More info
KDI-W-Org1 63.4981 -109.111 427.4 More info
KDI-W-Org2 63.5013 -109.112 420.3 More info
KDI-W-ShrubM1 63.5 -109.113 421.5 More info
KDI-W-ShrubM2 63.5015 -109.115 425.6 More info
KDI-W-ShrubT 63.4992 -109.111 420.6 More info
KDI-W-Snowdrift 63.5019 -109.107 413 More info
KDI-W-Tbot 63.4989 -109.113 421.7 More info
KDI-W-Trees 63.4996 -109.113 421.2 More info
KDI-W-Tslp 63.5002 -109.108 419.5 More info
KDI-W-Ttop 63.4986 -109.116 434 More info
KDI-W-Wet1 63.4974 -109.11 427.4 More info
KDI-W-Wet2 63.5014 -109.113 420 More info

Supplementary material

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Data available for download are in ZIP format. Please properly cite the data when using it.

Leaf area index Get file
File: ds_000606335.zip Size: 4.6 KB
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KDI-E-Org2 KDI-E-ShrubM KDI-E-ShrubT KDI-E-Tbot KDI-E-Trees KDI-E-Tslp KDI-E-Wet KDI-W-Org1 KDI-W-Org2 KDI-W-ShrubM1 KDI-W-ShrubM2 KDI-W-ShrubT KDI-W-Snowdrift KDI-W-Tbot KDI-W-Trees KDI-W-Tslp KDI-W-Ttop KDI-W-Wet1 KDI-W-Wet2
Data
Leaf area index 07/2017 – 07/2017
Vegetation description Get file
File: ds_000606365.zip Size: 17.73 KB
Sites
KDI-E-Org2 KDI-E-ShrubM KDI-E-ShrubT KDI-E-Tbot KDI-E-Trees KDI-E-Tslp KDI-E-Ttop KDI-E-Wet KDI-W-Org1 KDI-W-Org2 KDI-W-ShrubM1 KDI-W-ShrubM2 KDI-W-ShrubT KDI-W-Snowdrift KDI-W-Tbot KDI-W-Trees KDI-W-Tslp KDI-W-Ttop KDI-W-Wet1 KDI-W-Wet2
Data
Vegetation type and abundance 07/2017 – 07/2017
Vegetation height 07/2017 – 07/2017
Soil properties Get file
File: ds_000606404.zip Size: 5 KB
Sites
KDI-W-ShrubM2 KDI-W-ShrubM1 KDI-W-Org1 KDI-W-Ttop KDI-W-Tslp KDI-W-Wet1 KDI-E-ShrubT KDI-W-Trees KDI-W-Snowdrift KDI-W-Tbot KDI-W-Wet2 KDI-W-Org2 KDI-E-Trees KDI-E-ShrubM KDI-E-Ttop KDI-E-Tbot KDI-E-Org2 KDI-E-Wet KDI-E-Tslp KDI-W-ShrubT
Data
Soil electrical conductivity 07/2017 – 07/2017
Soil volumetric heat capacity 07/2017 – 07/2017
Soil thermal conductivity 06/2017 – 07/2017
Soil volumetric moisture content. 07/2017 – 07/2017
Site descriptions Get file
File: ds_000606575.zip Size: 14.65 KB
Sites
KDI-AirH KDI-AirL KDI-AirM KDI-AirShrubs KDI-E-Org2 KDI-E-ShrubM KDI-E-ShrubT KDI-E-Tbot KDI-E-Trees KDI-E-Tslp KDI-E-Ttop KDI-E-Wet KDI-R1 KDI-R2 KDI-R3 KDI-W-Org1 KDI-W-Org2 KDI-W-ShrubM1 KDI-W-ShrubM2 KDI-W-ShrubT KDI-W-Snowdrift KDI-W-Tbot KDI-W-Trees KDI-W-Tslp KDI-W-Ttop KDI-W-Wet1 KDI-W-Wet2
Data
Site descriptions 07/2017 – 07/2017
Site photos Get file
File: ds_000624822.zip Size: 1.64 GB
Sites
KDI-AirH KDI-AirL KDI-AirM KDI-AirShrubs KDI-E-Org2 KDI-E-ShrubM KDI-E-ShrubT KDI-E-Tbot KDI-E-Tbot KDI-E-Trees KDI-E-Tslp KDI-E-Ttop KDI-E-Wet KDI-R1 KDI-R2 KDI-R3 KDI-W-Org1 KDI-W-Org2 KDI-W-ShrubM1 KDI-W-ShrubM2 KDI-W-ShrubT KDI-W-Snowdrift KDI-W-Tbot KDI-W-Trees KDI-W-Tslp KDI-W-Ttop KDI-W-Wet1 KDI-W-Wet2
Data
Site photos 07/2017 – 07/2017
Mean hourly ground temperature Get file
File: ds_000624855.zip Size: 8.08 MB
Sites
KDI-E-Org2 KDI-E-ShrubM KDI-E-ShrubT KDI-E-Tbot KDI-E-Trees KDI-E-Tslp KDI-E-Ttop KDI-E-Wet KDI-R1 KDI-R2 KDI-R3 KDI-W-Org1 KDI-W-Org2 KDI-W-ShrubM1 KDI-W-ShrubM2 KDI-W-ShrubT KDI-W-Snowdrift KDI-W-Tbot KDI-W-Trees KDI-W-Tslp KDI-W-Ttop KDI-W-Wet1 KDI-W-Wet2
Data
Ground temperature 07/2017 – 08/2021
Mean daily air temperature Get file
File: ds_000624885.zip Size: 24.88 KB
Sites
KDI-AirH KDI-AirL KDI-AirM KDI-AirShrubs
Data
Air temperature 07/2017 – 07/2021
Relative Humidity Get file
File: ds_000624896.zip Size: 24.89 KB
Sites
KDI-AirH KDI-AirL KDI-AirM KDI-AirShrubs
Data
Air relative humidity 07/2017 – 07/2021
Mean hourly air temperature Get file
File: ds_000624912.zip Size: 440.23 KB
Sites
KDI-AirH KDI-AirL KDI-AirM KDI-AirShrubs
Data
Air temperature 07/2017 – 08/2021
Relative humidity Get file
File: ds_000624923.zip Size: 440.24 KB
Sites
KDI-AirH KDI-AirL KDI-AirM KDI-AirShrubs
Data
Air relative humidity 07/2017 – 08/2021
Mean hourly ground temperature Get file
File: ds_000624932.zip Size: 19.18 MB
Sites
KDI-E-Org2 KDI-E-ShrubM KDI-E-ShrubT KDI-E-Tbot KDI-E-Trees KDI-E-Tslp KDI-E-Ttop KDI-E-Wet KDI-R1 KDI-R2 KDI-R3 KDI-W-Org1 KDI-W-Org2 KDI-W-ShrubM1 KDI-W-ShrubM1 KDI-W-ShrubM1 KDI-W-ShrubM1 KDI-W-ShrubM1 KDI-W-ShrubM2 KDI-W-ShrubT KDI-W-Snowdrift KDI-W-Tbot KDI-W-Trees KDI-W-Tslp KDI-W-Ttop KDI-W-Wet1 KDI-W-Wet2
Data
Ground temperature 07/2017 – 08/2021
Mean daily ground temperature Get file
File: ds_000624976.zip Size: 633.13 KB
Sites
KDI-E-Org2 KDI-E-ShrubM KDI-E-ShrubT KDI-E-Tbot KDI-E-Trees KDI-E-Tslp KDI-E-Ttop KDI-E-Wet KDI-R1 KDI-R2 KDI-R3 KDI-W-Org1 KDI-W-Org2 KDI-W-ShrubM1 KDI-W-ShrubM2 KDI-W-ShrubT KDI-W-Snowdrift KDI-W-Tbot KDI-W-Trees KDI-W-Tslp KDI-W-Ttop KDI-W-Wet1 KDI-W-Wet2
Data
Ground temperature 07/2017 – 08/2021