Happy Valley

Description - Data - Site Map - Photos

Site Description:

Location:

West of the Dalton Highway
N 69 08' 49.1", W 48 50' 53.1"

Elevation:

~320 m

Site Equipment/Installations:

• Climate/Soil conditions monitoring station (Romanovsky)
• Three 10 x 10 meter grids - Dry, Mesic, Wet
• Frost heave monitoring instruments (2) - two double meter bars
• 50 meter transect lines (2) - HV1 and HV2 (originally established June 27, 2000, for Climate Gradient Study)

Data collection/products as of August 2001:

• Climate/soil data beginning August 2001
• Three 10 x 10 meter grids - Dry, Mesic, Wet
• Thaw depths every .5 meter for June, July, and August 2001; and August 2000
• Thaw depth maps
• Aerial photography of sites, grids, and transect lines
• Vegetation, microsite, and frost boil maps
• Plant community releves associated with frost boils
• Frost boil size and density measurements using Point Center Quarter Method (PCQ)
• Soil profiles characterized, soil samples collected for laboratory analysis

Equipment list

• Air Temperature (2m) - 7/2001
• Soil Moisture - 8/2001
• Soil Temperature - 8/2001
• Snow Sensor - 8/2001
• Wind Speed - coming 2002
• Three grids 10 x 10m - 6/2001, 8/2001, 8/2001
• Transect Lines (2) = HV1, HV2 - 6/2000
• Heaveometers (2) - 8/2001