Figure 4.

Soil types and vegetation types of the study area.


#### Table 1.

Soil properties of the study area.

August [38]. Annual snowfall averages 1692 mm and commonly covers the ground from October to April [37]. The model employed CPEAK hydrometeorological data of the year 2002 included relative humidity (%), wind speed (kts), air temperature (°F), barometric pressure (in Hg), solar radiation (W h m<sup>2</sup> ), and tipping bucket rainfall rates and are available at http://www.lter.uaf.edu/data.
