Boreal Forest Soil Gas Flux Measurements After Stand-Replacement Fires

This dataset provides chamber flux measurements for carbon dioxide, methane, and carbon monoxide from upland boreal forest soils in 1994, focusing on sites that experienced stand-replacement fires. Collected by the BOREAS TGB-05 team, it includes ancillary data on soil temperature and solar irradiance to model fire and climate impacts on trace gas exchange. The data originates from the NASA BOREAS project and is associated with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center.

Use Cases

• Modeling the impact of stand-replacement fires on soil carbon dioxide, methane, and carbon monoxide emissions.
• Analyzing correlations between soil temperature measurements and trace gas flux rates in burned ecosystems.
• Comparing trace gas exchange data from burned sites against measurements from nearby unburned control sites.
• Investigating the role of solar irradiance in post-fire soil biogeochemistry and gas flux dynamics.

Strengths

• Data captures a specific and significant ecological event—1994 stand-replacement fires in the boreal forest.
• Includes multiple trace gases (CO2, CH4, CO) alongside key ancillary variables like soil temperature and solar irradiance.
• Provides a basis for comparison through measurements from nearby unburned control sites.

Limitations

• Exact row count, file size, and complete column list are unavailable from all sources.
• Conflicting 'last updated' dates exist between platforms (1996 vs. 2026), suggesting potential metadata inconsistency.
• License is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' without explicit terms.

Provenance

Source

BOREAS TGB-05 team, ORNL_CLOUD (Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC).

Collection Method

Chamber flux measurements collected at several NSA (Northern Study Area) upland forest sites.

Time Range

1994

Freshness

2026-03-13 07:54:47.705137

Geography

Boreal forest sites in the NASA BOREAS Northern Study Area (NSA).