BOREAS Leaf Chemistry Data from 1994 and 1996 Growing Seasons

Boreal forest vegetation in the SSA region was analyzed for chemical properties during two growing seasons. The NASA BOREAS TE-10 team measured chlorophyll content and carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen concentrations in relation to sample location and age. This dataset supports the characterization of boreal vegetation reflectance, transmittance, and gas exchange.

Use Cases

• Modeling relationships between leaf age and chlorophyll content.
• Analyzing spatial variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations across boreal sites.
• Calibrating remote sensing data with ground-truth measurements of leaf transmittance and reflectance.
• Studying seasonal changes in boreal vegetation chemistry between 1994 and 1996.

Strengths

• Data collection spans two distinct growing seasons (1994 and 1996), enabling temporal analysis.
• Measurements include multiple key biochemical properties: chlorophyll, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen.
• Dataset is part of a larger, multi-faceted NASA BOREAS investigation into boreal vegetation.

Limitations

• Critical metadata conflicts exist: the last update date is listed as both 1996-10-13 and 2026-03-13.
• Core quantitative details like row count, file size, and specific column names are unavailable from all sources.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) BOREAS TE-10 team.

Collection Method

Field collection and laboratory analysis of boreal vegetation samples.

Time Range

1994 to 1996

Freshness

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Geography

Several sites in the SSA (likely Southern Study Area of the BOREAS project).