BOREAS Fen Site Tower Flux and Meteorological Time Series

30-minute average tower flux and meteorological data were collected at a fen site near Thompson, Manitoba, Canada. The dataset spans multiple years, with the main experimental period in 1994 and additional data from 1993, 1995, and 1996 to capture seasonal flux behavior. It was collected by the BOREAS TF-10 team under NASA.

Use Cases

• Analyzing seasonal trends in carbon dioxide, heat, and water vapor fluxes between the atmosphere and a boreal fen.
• Correlating surface energy budget components like net radiation, soil heat flux, and sensible/latent heat fluxes.
• Studying the relationship between meteorological drivers (air temperature, humidity, wind speed, precipitation) and biosphere-atmosphere exchanges.
• Modeling photosynthetic activity using photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) measurements alongside carbon flux data.
• Investigating soil thermal dynamics and frozen ground impacts on surface flux processes.

Strengths

• Data collection spans multiple years (1993-1996), with the longest continuous record from 29-Apr to 05-Nov in 1996.
• Variables are presented as consistent 30-minute averages, facilitating temporal analysis.
• The dataset captures a full growing season cycle from spring melt to autumn freeze-up at the fen site.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, file sizes, and the complete column list are not provided by any source.
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' on Data.gov, with no details on NASA Earthdata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Instrument packages on a tower collecting continuous flux and meteorological measurements.

Time Range

1993-08-15 to 1996-11-05

Freshness

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Geography

Fen site near Thompson, Manitoba, Canada.