CALM SITE R18	CALM SITE R18A
Site name	MT. RODINKA GRID	MT. RODINKA PLOT
CAPS I Metadata form
CAPS II Metadata form
	Site Photograph	Site Photograph
Responsible for data submission	Sergei Davydov	Sergei Davydov
Email Address	davydoff@mail.ru	davydoff@mail.ru
Institution/Organization	North-Eastern Research Station, Chersky	North-Eastern Research Station, Chersky
Location description	Lower Kolyma River	Lower Kolyma River
Location Lat.	68 deg. 45 min. N	69 deg. 23 min. N
Location Lon.	161 deg. 30 min. E	158 deg. 28 min. E
Elevation avg. (m)	152	152
Methods Grid	100	10 (within grid nodes 91/102-92/103 of R18)
Methods Other
Landscape Description	Gentle west-southwest slope	transit part of mountain slope
Vegetation /Classification	Shrub-moss-lichen-grass tundra with sparse larch	shrub- dwarf shrub-moss-lichen with infrequent grass and sedge
Soils (or Material)	Gleyi-Histic Cryosols (loamy)	Gleyi-Histic Cryosols (loamy)
Thaw depth measurements (year started)	1998	2003
Soil temp. measurements (year started)	2004
soil moisture measurements (year started)	2002
general description of soil moisture (dry, moist, wet, saturated)	moist	moist
soil texture: if non organic describe texture, if organic indicate thickness of organic layer (cm)	Silt-covered sandy loam with rare detritus	Silt-covered sandy loam with rare detritus
	Site Photos List of available data Data Access	Site Photos List of available data Data Access

REFERENCES:

Fyodorov-Davydov, D.G., Sorokovikov, V.A., Ostroumov, V.E., Kholodov, A.L., Mitroshin, I.A., Mergelov, N.S., Davydov, S.P., Zimov, S.A. & Davydova, A.I. 2004. Spatial and Temporal Observations of Seasonal Thaw in the Northern Kolyma Lowland. Polar Geography 28 (4): 308-325.

Fyodorov-Davydov D.G., A.L. Kholodov, V.E. Ostroumov, G.N. Kraev, V.A. Sorokovikov, S.P. Davydov, and A.A. Merekalova. 2008. Seasonal Thaw of Soils in the North Yakutian Ecosystems. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Permafrost, Fairbanks, Alaska, June 29 - July 3, 2008, Vol. 1,481-486.