BOREAS Boreal Forest Water and Carbon Flux Simulations 1994-1996

BOREAS Southern and Northern Study Areas in Canada contain derived maps of landcover type, crown and stem biomass, and annual water and carbon fluxes. The dataset provides model inputs and outputs from BIOME-BGC simulations for a three-year period. It was produced by the BOREAS RSS-08 team, likely affiliated with ORNL_CLOUD.

Use Cases

• Calibrating and validating the BIOME-BGC ecosystem model for boreal forest conditions.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of landcover type and biomass at 30-meter resolution.
• Studying interannual variability (1994-1996) in gross primary production and net primary productivity.
• Estimating regional evapotranspiration and autotrophic respiration fluxes.
• Investigating the relationship between landcover heterogeneity and seasonal water/carbon fluxes.

Strengths

• Provides high-resolution (30 m) spatial data for key ecosystem variables.
• Covers a multi-year time series (1994-1996) for analyzing temporal trends.
• Model outputs are derived from a process-level model coupled with remote sensing data.

Limitations

• Conflicting metadata: last update dates conflict between 1996-12-31 and 2026-03 13.
• Specific column names and row/size counts are unavailable from all sources.
• Data is limited to the historical BOREAS campaign period and specific study areas.

Provenance

Source

BOREAS RSS-08 team, likely ORNL_CLOUD.

Collection Method

Remote sensing-derived parameter maps coupled with BIOME-BGC ecosystem model simulations.

Time Range

1994 to 1996

Freshness

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Geography

BOREAS Southern Study Area (SSA) and Northern Study Area (MSA) in Canada.