Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed - United States of America

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Basic Information
Site Name
Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed
Short name
CPCRW
Country
United States of America
Web Address
http://www.lter.uaf.edu
Operating Organisation
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Site Manager
Jamie Hollingsworth
Site Description
The Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed (CPCRW) is a relatively pristine, 104 km2, basin reserved for meteorologic, hydrologic, and ecologic research, with no current human influence (other than scientific research). The CPCRW is the only research watershed in the United States located in the region of discontinuous permafrost, which comprises a large portion of Alaska and most of interior Alaska.
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Last modified
2023-07-25 08:24:31

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1967
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 65.271 Longitude: -147.268

Size
ca. 10400.00ha
Elevation (average)
466.00msl
Elevation (min)
168.00msl
Elevation (max)
837.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml] [.geojson]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Taiga
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Taiga
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland (G4)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
16.41°C
Precipitation Annual
263.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
entire catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Web Map Service (WMS)
Data infrastructure » Data services » Web Catalog Service (CSW)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Radio transmission system (repeaters. receivers. centralstation)
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
footpath/trail
Permanent Operation
No
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
Data Policy Notes
This policy governs all data collected under the auspices of the National Science Foundation Bonanza Creek Long-Term Ecological Research project. This policy has been set by the principal investigator(s) in consensus with other investigators associated with the BNZ LTER. Additionally, this policy is designed to be in accordance with the Long Term Ecological Research Network Data Access Policy
Data Policy URL
https://lternet.edu/data-access-policy/