BOREAS TF-10: Young Jack Pine Forest Flux and Meteorological Data

BOREAS TF-10 data contains 30-minute averaged tower flux and meteorological measurements from a young jack pine forest site near Thompson, Manitoba, Canada. The dataset includes heat, water, and carbon dioxide fluxes alongside supporting variables like stomatal conductance and photosynthetically active radiation. Data collection spans multiple campaigns, with a primary focus on capturing seasonal behavior from spring melt to autumn freeze-up.

Use Cases

• Modeling seasonal carbon and water fluxes based on continuous 30-minute flux data.
• Analyzing the relationship between stomatal conductance and environmental drivers.
• Studying boreal forest energy budgets using net radiation and soil heat flux measurements.
• Calibrating remote sensing products with ground-truth photosynthetically active radiation data.

Strengths

• Provides continuous data covering a full growing season from spring melt to autumn freeze-up in 1996.
• Includes supporting measurements for SVAT modeling, such as stomatal conductance.
• Data is presented as 30-minute averages, facilitating temporal analysis.

Limitations

• Dataset is incomplete; it contains only young jack pine site data, with fen site results in a separate dataset.
• Metadata completeness is low; specific column names, row counts, and file sizes are not provided.
• Conflicting last-update dates exist between platforms (1996 vs. 2026), suggesting potential metadata staleness.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Field collection via instrument packages on a tower.

Time Range

1993-08-15 to 1996-11-07

Freshness

2026-04-10 05:47:47.818783

Geography

Young jack pine forest site near Thompson, Manitoba, Canada