BOREAS NSA Fen Plant Species Composition for NEE Analysis

July 1994 and 1996 field data details plant species composition within measurement collars in the Northern Study Area (NSA) fen. The BOREAS TGB-03 team collected this information to explain differences in measured Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) among plant communities. This dataset supports the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study's investigation of trace gas fluxes.

Use Cases

• Analyzing correlations between specific plant communities and measured Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) values.
• Providing ground-truth vegetation data for models of boreal fen carbon dynamics.
• Studying inter-annual variation in fen species composition between 1994 and 1996.
• Supporting the BOREAS project's integrated analysis of trace gas fluxes over the NSA.

Strengths

• Data provides specific temporal context, collected during two field campaigns in July 1994 and July 1996.
• Focuses on a key BOREAS study area, the NSA fen, linking species data directly to gas flux measurements.
• Cross-platform presence on NASA EarthData and Data.gov indicates recognized scientific importance.

Limitations

• Core structural details like column names, row count, and file size are unavailable from all sources.
• Sources conflict on the 'last updated' date (1996 vs. 2026), suggesting potential metadata inconsistency.
• The specific license is noted only as 'other-license-specified', requiring user verification.

Provenance

Source

BOREAS TGB-03 team, associated with ORNL_CLOUD.

Collection Method

Field collection of plant species composition within measurement collars.

Time Range

July 1994 to July 1996

Freshness

2026-03-13 05:24:30.391605

Geography

BOREAS Northern Study Area (NSA) fen.