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Abstract:
Set-up of 8 points over 500 km between Fairbanks and the vicinity of Prudhoe Bay's Arctic coast (acrtic forest zone, forest/alpine transition zone, tundra zone (mountain, plain, coast))Oberved items are snow depth, density and quality, particle size and temperature distribution.Snow cover observations and full-year measurements of air, snow and soil temperatures, water contents and snow cover along 500 km of the northern Alaska's north-south Dalton Highway.The arctic forest zone, Brooks Range, and North Slope (tundra) are distributed in the Northern Alaska, which all contrast in terms of landform, vegetation, and climate. The snow/ice temperature observation data are being collected in various land-surfaces, landforms and heights representative of the Arctic Circle.The object of the observations is to monitor the changes in the artic temperature and snow/ice conditions, validate satellite observations, and gather fundamental data on the ecosystems of artic forests and tundra areas.