%0 Dataset
%T Monthly Winter Road Potential Zone Carrying Capacity Grading Dataset for the Pan Arctic (Hydrological Years 2003-2022)
%J National Cryosphere Desert Data Center
%I National Cryosphere Desert Data Center(www.ncdc.ac.cn)
%U http://www.ncdc.ac.cn/portal/metadata/9f13d5d1-adf6-42cb-9acb-8c068f8f5634
%W NCDC
%R 10.12072/ncdc.arctic-change.db7141.2026
%A Chen Liyuan
%A Zhu Wenquan
%K Potential winter road area;bearing capacity level;vehicle weight;Pan Arctic region
%X Winter roads are the lifeline of the socio economy in the Pan Arctic region, providing seasonal pathways for various transportation scenarios that rely on different vehicles. However, due to the fact that the identification of potential winter road areas is based on a relatively single and fixed environmental threshold, it is impossible to quantify the carrying capacity of potential winter road areas. Currently, there is still a lack of graded data on the carrying capacity of potential winter road areas for different vehicles in the Pan Arctic region. To distinguish the bearing capacity levels of potential winter road areas, we further considered the bearing capacity corresponding to soil freezing depth and lake ice thickness based on traditional environmental threshold values, and classified the bearing capacity based on the total weight categories of common vehicles in the Pan Arctic region. Thus, monthly winter road potential carrying capacity classification data for the cold season (October May) in the Pan Arctic region from 2003 to 2022 hydrological years were produced, with a spatial resolution of 0.1 °. The numerical type is byte type, with a range of 0-5. Among them, 0 indicates that the bearing capacity (P<0.5 t) of non winter road potential areas or winter road potential areas is insufficient to support ultra light vehicles (such as sleds and snowmobiles); 1-5 represents the potential area of winter roads where the carrying capacity (corresponding to the weight of the vehicle) gradually increases. 1 represents the carrying capacity (0.5 t ≤ P<5 t) that can support ultra light vehicles, 2 represents the carrying capacity (5 t ≤ P<12 t) that can support light vehicles (such as small buses and pickups), 3 represents the carrying capacity (12 t ≤ P<36 t) that can support medium vehicles (such as buses and medium box trucks), 4 represents the carrying capacity (36 t ≤ P <55 t) that can support heavy vehicles (such as large trucks and tractors), and 5 represents