BOREAS TGB-05: Biogenic Soil NO and N2O Fluxes in Boreal Forest

Biogenic soil emissions of nitric oxide and nitrous oxide from the Boreal forest were characterized over three summer periods in the 1990s. Measurements aimed to understand diurnal and monthly variations, as well as the impact of soil wetting, across black spruce and jack pine areas. This dataset addresses a significant knowledge gap regarding trace gas fluxes from these high-latitude ecosystems.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil-atmosphere exchange of reactive nitrogen gases based on measured flux data.
• Investigating the impact of precipitation and soil moisture on trace gas emissions from boreal soils.
• Analyzing seasonal and diurnal patterns of nitric oxide and nitrous oxide fluxes from specific forest types.
• Calibrating remote sensing or process-based models for boreal forest carbon and nitrogen cycles.

Strengths

• Covers a multi-year temporal range with data from mid-August 1993, June-August 1994, and mid-July 1995.
• Examines emissions across a wide range of spatial and temporal site parameters, including diurnal and monthly variation.
• Focuses on a specific, understudied environment (boreal forest) with clear scientific objectives.

Limitations

• Column names and data structure are unknown, limiting immediate usability.
• Metadata conflicts exist: the last update date is listed as both 1995-07-29 and a future date (2026-03-13).
• Dataset size, row count, and specific file formats for the core data are unspecified.

Provenance

Source

BOREAS TGB-05 team, associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Collection Method

Field measurements of trace gas concentrations and fluxes at various NSA (Northern Study Area) sites.

Time Range

mid-August 1993, June to August 1994, and mid-July 1995.

Freshness

1995-07-29

Geography

Boreal forest sites in the Northern Study Area (NSA), focusing on black spruce and jack pine areas.