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This is the AmeriFlux version of the carbon flux data for the site CA-CF3 Churchill Fen Site 3. Site Description - Fen site dominated by sedges. Flat, high water table. Frozen for long periods each year. Close to Arctic Ocean coast so affected by land/sea breezes and coastal weather.
This is the AmeriFlux version of the carbon flux data for the site US-YK1 Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Izaviknek-Kingaglia uplands, Burned 2015. Site Description - Tower installed in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in July 2019, in an area that was burned in year 2015. Discontinuous permafrost zone in a wetland tundra ecosystem characterized by peat plateaus and wetlands
Rapid Arctic environmental change affects the entire Earth system as thawing permafrost ecosystems release greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Understanding how much permafrost carbon will be released, over what time frame, and what the relative emissions of carbon dioxide and methane will be is key for understanding the impact on global climate. In addition, the response of vegetation in a warming climate has the potential to offset at least some of the accelerating feedback to the climate from permafrost carbon. Temperature, organic carbon, and ground ice are key regulators for determining the impact of permafrost ecosystems on the global carbon cycle. Together, these encompass services of permafrost relevant to global society as well as to the people living in the region and help to determine the landscape-level response of this region to a changing climate.