BOREAS TE-06: Boreal Forest Biomass and Leaf Area Index

NASA's BOREAS project collected detailed measurements of plant biomass and leaf area index for boreal forest species. Data covers the TF, CEV, and AUX sites in the SSA and NSA regions during the 1994 and 1995 growing seasons. This dataset supports analysis of forest structure, carbon storage, and ecosystem productivity.

Use Cases

• Modeling boreal forest carbon storage based on species-specific biomass estimates.
• Calibrating remote sensing data using ground-truthed leaf area index measurements.
• Studying vegetation allometry and growth patterns across different boreal forest sites.
• Analyzing interannual variability in net primary production from the 1994 and 1995 seasons.

Strengths

• Data originates from the NASA-led BOREAS project, a major ecological field campaign.
• Provides temporally specific measurements from two consecutive growing seasons (1994, 1995).
• Covers multiple distinct site types (TF, CEV, AUX) across two large study areas (SSA, NSA).

Limitations

• Column names and detailed schema are not provided in any source, limiting immediate usability.
• Conflicting metadata: one platform shows a last update in 2026, while another shows 1995.
• Dataset size and row counts are unknown across all platforms.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), BOREAS TE-06 team

Collection Method

Field measurements collected during the BOREAS project.

Time Range

1994 to 1995 growing seasons

Freshness

Last updated dates conflict: 2026-03-13 (datagov) vs. 1995-10-14 (nasa_earthdata).

Geography

TF, CEV, and AUX sites in the SSA (Southern Study Area) and NSA (Northern Study Area)