BOREAS HYD-06: Moss and Humus Layer Water Content

1994 measurements of water content in the moss/humus layer were collected along flight lines in the Boreal Ecosystem–Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) Southern and Northern Study Areas. The data likely contains geospatial coordinates and moisture values for specific sampling points. It serves as a ground reference for validating remote sensing models of soil moisture in boreal forests.

Use Cases

• Validating remote sensing soil moisture algorithms using ground-based point measurements.
• Modeling water retention and exchange in boreal forest moss and humus layers.
• Analyzing spatial variability of near-surface moisture along aerial transects.

Strengths

• Data is associated with the NASA-led BOREAS campaign, a major ecological study.
• Provides specific ground measurements for a defined time period (1994).

Limitations

• Column names and exact data structure are unknown, limiting immediate analysis.
• Conflicting metadata: one source lists a last updated date of 2026-03-13, while another lists 1994-09-05, suggesting potential metadata errors.
• Dataset scale (row count, file size) is not documented.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Collected along various flight lines in the BOREAS Southern and Northern Study Areas.

Time Range

1994

Freshness

1994-09-05 23:59:59.999000

Geography

BOREAS Southern Study Area (SSA) and Northern Study Area (NSA)