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

Boreal forest sites in Canada were used to measure soil emissions of nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N2O). Data were collected to characterize fluxes from black spruce and jack pine areas, examining diurnal and monthly variation as well as the impact of wetting. Measurements were taken during field campaigns in mid-August 1993, June to August 1994, and mid-July 1995.

Use Cases

• Modeling soil N2O and NO source strengths in boreal biomes based on measured flux data.
• Investigating the impact of soil moisture from natural or artificial wetting on trace gas emissions.
• Analyzing diurnal and seasonal patterns of biogenic soil fluxes in black spruce and jack pine stands.

Strengths

• Covers a wide range of spatial and temporal site parameters, as described across all sources.
• Addresses a known research gap concerning biogenic soil emissions from the Boreal forest.
• Data collection spans multiple years (1993-1995), capturing some temporal variation.

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing or conflicting: column names and row counts are unknown, and the license is ambiguously specified as 'other-license-specified'.
• The last update date conflicts significantly between sources (1995 vs. 2026), suggesting potential metadata errors.
• Dataset scale and specific file contents are unclear due to incomplete platform descriptions.

Provenance

Source

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

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

2026-03-13 (from datagov, but conflicts with a 1995 date from nasa_earthdata)

Geography

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