Data Package Metadata View Summary

Cold-air pooling characterization and forest composition, New England, USA

General Information

Data Package:

Local Identifier:

edi.1591.1

Title:

Cold-air pooling characterization and forest composition, New England, USA

Alternate Identifier:

DOI PLACE HOLDER

Abstract:

This dataset corresponds to a project investigating whether cold-air pooling influences forest composition and function. The data include hourly sub-canopy air temperatures (measured continuously via ibuttons) and forest forest composition data for 48 plots along 9 transects in 3 sites across New England, USA. The temperature data also include surface lapse rates and temperature gradients across transects, as well as a designation indicating the presence or absence of a temperature inversion. We found that sites with the most frequent temperature inversions also displayed vegetation inversions across slopes, with more cold-adapted species at low instead of high elevations.

Publication Date:

2024-03-01

For more information:
Visit:	DOI PLACE HOLDER

Time Period

Begin:

2021

End:

2022

People and Organizations
Contact:	Pastore, Melissa A [ email ]
Creator:	Pastore, Melissa A
Creator:	Classen, Aimée T
Creator:	D'Amato, Anthony W
Creator:	English, Marie E
Creator:	Rand, Karin
Creator:	Foster, Jane R
Creator:	Adair, E. Carol

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	plot_CTI_composition
Description:	Community temperature indices (CTI) and tree functional group abundances for overstory and understory communities of each plot
Data Table Name:	DV_hourly
Description:	Hourly temperature data for each plot in the Deep Valley site, along with temperature differences, inversion presence designations, and surface lapse rates for each transect.
Data Table Name:	MV_hourly
Description:	Hourly temperature data for each plot in the Medium Valley site, along with temperature differences, inversion presence designations, and surface lapse rates for each transect.
Data Table Name:	SB_hourly
Description:	Hourly temperature data for each plot in the Shallow Basin site, along with temperature differences, inversion presence designations, and surface lapse rates for each transect.
Data Table Name:	edaphic_properties
Description:	Soil edaphic properties for each plot: soil depth (organic + mineral), gravimetric soil water content, soil pH, and soil % nitrogen.

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/edi/1591/1/c58f3488336744505333b82babf45d1b
Name:	plot_CTI_composition
Description:	Community temperature indices (CTI) and tree functional group abundances for overstory and understory communities of each plot
Number of Records:	96
Number of Columns:	11

Table Structure

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Definition:

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alternative site name to facilitate joining with related datasets

transect name

alternative transect name to facilitate joining with related datasets

plot number

elevation (m)

whether the CTI and abundance values correspond to the overstory or understory plant community of the plot

community temperature index (degrees Celsius)

number of coniferous trees

number of cold-broadleaved trees

number of warm-broadleaved trees

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alternative transect name to facilitate joining with related datasets

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hour number that measurement was taken

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air temperature in degrees Celsius at plot 2

air temperature in degrees Celsius at plot 3

air temperature in degrees Celsius at plot 4

air temperature in degrees Celsius at plot 5

air temperature in degrees Celsius at plot 6

temperature difference between plot 1 and 6

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Number of Columns:	15

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SLR

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Transect

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Definition:

transect name

alternative transect name to facilitate joining with related datasets

date (year-month-day) and time (hh:mm) measurement was taken

month number that measurement was taken

season that measurement was taken

time (hh:mm:ss) measurement was taken

hour number that measurement was taken

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air temperature in degrees Celsius at plot 3

air temperature in degrees Celsius at plot 4

air temperature in degrees Celsius at plot 5

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alternative transect name to facilitate joining with related datasets

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season that measurement was taken

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air temperature in degrees Celsius at plot 5

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alternative site name to facilitate joining with related datasets

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alternative transect name to facilitate joining with related datasets

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Code	NB_LBR
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Code	NB_SDR
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Code	SCG_DPT
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Code	SCG_WBR
Definition	Second College Grant_DPT
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Unit	gramPerGram
Type	real

Unit	pH
Type	real

Unit	centimeter
Type	integer

Unit	percent
Type	real

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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
(No thesaurus)	forest composition, community temperature index, temperature inversion, New England forests, Northeastern forests, INSPIRES, cold-air pooling
LTER Controlled Vocabulary	microclimate, temperature

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package

Description:

See full methods in Pastore et al. (2024), Ecology and Evolution

We established 3 transects in each of 3 sites: (1) Medium Valley in the Dartmouth College Second College Grant in northern New Hampshire (44.925853˚, -71.08554˚); (2) Deep Valley in Vermont’s northern Green Mountains (44.384743˚, -72.85045˚); (3) Shallow Basin in the Nulhegan Basin portion of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont (44.846635˚, -71.75817˚). Each transect contains 5 to 6 plots (0.04 ha each) across an elevation gradient.

We measured sub-canopy air temperatures in each plot with shielded Thermochron iButton temperature sensors (DS1922L, Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA). Two sensors per plot were hung from separate, randomly selected trees 1.5 m above the ground surface. Temperatures were logged in 1-hour intervals over the following periods: Shallow Basin: September 25, 2021 – March 12, 2022; Medium Valley: August 21, 2023 – June 30, 2022; Deep Valley: August 21, 2021 - June 7, 2022 at DV-1 and August 1, 2021 – June 7, 2022 at DV-2 and DV-3.

In each plot, we recorded the species of all living overstory trees with diameter at breast height (DBH) >= 10.16 cm at the time of plot establishment and, within a central, circular subplot (0.01 ha), the species of all living understory trees with DBH < 10.16 cm and height > 30.5 cm. For each plot, we calculated CTI (community temperature index) separately for the overstory and understory communities as the abundance-weighted mean (by species proportions using tree counts) of preferred temperature values of all overstory or understory tree species present. To explore which tree functional groups were driving CTI patterns, we assigned species to categories based on whether they are coniferous vs. broadleaved and further divided the broadleaved group into whether their temperature preferences fall within the range of the conifers (“cold-broadleaved”) vs. above the range of the conifers (“warm-broadleaved”).

We determined soil depth (organic + mineral) by inserting a metal probe 1.8 m from plot center at 60, 180, and 360˚ azimuths until reaching a restrictive layer and averaged the three measurements per plot. We collected 8 mineral soil cores (0-10 cm) per plot using a soil corer (AMS mini soil probe; 2 cm diameter; AMS, Inc.). We combined the cores, transported them to the lab on ice, and homogenized the soil within each plot by sieving (mesh size 2 mm). We measured soil pH using a 10 g wet soil subsample (Mettler Toledo S220 SevenCompact benchtop pH/ion meter in supernatant with soil:0.01 M CaCl2 ratio of 1:3; Mettler Toledo, LLC). We determined gravimetric soil water content by drying a 10 g wet soil subsample at 60°C for at least 48 h until a constant mass was reached. Samples were ground (BioSpec Mini-BeadBeater-96) and analyzed for total nitrogen concentrations using an elemental analyzer (Elementar UNICUBE in CN mode, Hanau, Germany) at University of Vermont’s George D. Aiken Forestry Sciences Lab.

People and Organizations

Publishers:

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Email Address:

info@edirepository.org

Web Address:

https://edirepository.org

Id:

https://ror.org/0330j0z60

Creators:

Individual:

Melissa A Pastore

Email Address:

Melissa.Pastore@usda.gov

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7465-1418

Individual:

Aimée T Classen

Email Address:

atclassen@gmail.com

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6741-3470

Individual:

Anthony W D'Amato

Email Address:

awdamato@uvm.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2570-4376

Individual:

Marie E English

Email Address:

Marie.English@uvm.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7769-8724

Individual:

Karin Rand

Email Address:

klrand@umich.edu

Individual:

Jane R Foster

Email Address:

Jane.Foster@usda.gov

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5997-0269

Individual:

E. Carol Adair

Email Address:

carol.adair@uvm.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8567-9045

Contacts:

Individual:

Melissa A Pastore

Email Address:

Melissa.Pastore@usda.gov

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7465-1418

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period

Begin:

2021

End:

2022

Geographic Region:

Description:

Bounds of the 3 transects in the Deep Valley site.

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	44.421559	Southern:	44.345635
Western:	-72.921859	Eastern:	-72.75438

Geographic Region:

Description:

Bounds of the 3 transects in the Shallow Basin site

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	44.879783	Southern:	44.814801
Western:	-71.814262	Eastern:	-71.683851

Geographic Region:

Description:

Bounds of the 3 transects in the Medium Valley site.

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	44.965309	Southern:	44.882909
Western:	-71.127597	Eastern:	-71.04877

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

Cold-air pooling and forest composition in New England, USA

Personnel:

Individual:

Melissa A Pastore

Email Address:

Melissa.Pastore@usda.gov

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7465-1418

Role:

lead author, lead of this study via postdoc at the time of the field work

Individual:

Aimée T Classen

Email Address:

aclassen@umich.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6741-3470

Role:

co-author, PI

Individual:

Anthony W D'Amato

Email Address:

awdamato@uvm.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2570-4376

Role:

co-author, PI

Individual:

Marie E English

Email Address:

Marie.English@uvm.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7769-8724

Role:

co-author, key project contributor

Individual:

Karin Rand

Email Address:

klrand@umich.edu

Role:

co-author, key project contributor

Individual:

Jane R Foster

Email Address:

Jane.Foster@usda.gov

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5997-0269

Role:

co-author, key project contributor

Individual:

E Carol Adair

Email Address:

Carol.Adair@uvm.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8567-9045

Role:

co-author, PI

Additional Award Information:

Funder:	National Science Foundation
Number:	1920908
Title:	RII Track-2 FEC: Leveraging Intelligent Informatics and Smart Data for Improved Understanding of Northern Forest Ecosystem Resiliency (INSPIRES)

Additional Award Information:

Funder:	USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Number:	1020508
Title:	McIntire-Stennis

Additional Award Information:

Funder:	Department of Interior Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
Title:	na

Additional Award Information:

Funder:	USDA Forest Service
Title:	na

Maintenance

Maintenance:

Description:	This is the initial dataset.
Frequency:

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