BOREAS Boreal Forest Energy and Carbon Flux Data from SSA-OBS Tower

BOREAS TF-09 data provides direct measurements of energy, carbon dioxide, and water vapor fluxes from a boreal forest observation tower. The dataset covers the 1994 growing season and most of 1996, with additional soil temperature data from winter 1995-1996. It was collected by the BOREAS team and is hosted by ORNL_CLOUD.

Use Cases

• Modeling net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide using CO2 flux measurements.
• Analyzing energy balance partitioning with net radiation and heat flux data.
• Studying soil thermal regimes and their seasonal variation with soil temperature records.
• Investigating relationships between atmospheric conditions (PAR, humidity, wind) and surface fluxes.
• Calibrating remote sensing products for boreal forests with ground-truth flux and meteorological data.

Strengths

• Provides multi-year coverage from 1994 to 1996, capturing seasonal dynamics.
• Includes a wide range of concurrent measurements: energy fluxes, carbon dioxide flux, water vapor flux, soil temperature, and standard meteorological variables.

Limitations

• Specific column names and row counts are not provided by any source, limiting precise data assessment.
• Sources conflict on the last update date, listing both 1996-11-29 and 2026-03-13, suggesting potential metadata inconsistencies.

Provenance

Source

BOREAS TF-09 team, ORNL_CLOUD.

Collection Method

Collected via tower-based eddy covariance and meteorological instrumentation at the BOREAS SSA-OBS site.

Time Range

1994 growing season through most of 1996.

Freshness

2026-03-13 05:26:06.672741

Geography

BOREAS Southern Study Area Old Black Spruce (SSA-OBS) site, boreal forest.