BOREAS TGB-05: Dissolved Carbon in NSA Beaver Ponds

BOREAS TGB-05 data contains concentrations of dissolved organic and inorganic carbon species from water samples. The dataset covers two specific beaver pond sites in the Northern Study Area, with samples collected during open water visits from April to September 1994. It supports research on carbon cycling and trace gas fluxes in boreal forest ecosystems.

Use Cases

• Modeling carbon exchange between boreal ponds and the atmosphere based on dissolved gas concentrations.
• Analyzing seasonal trends in dissolved organic carbon from time-series water samples collected in 1994.
• Comparing water chemistry between the NSA Tower Beaver Pond and NSA Gillam Road Beaver Pond sites.
• Calibrating remote sensing or hydrological models with in-situ dissolved carbon measurements.

Strengths

• Data collection is temporally focused, covering the full open water season from April to September 1994.
• Spatial coverage is specific to two well-defined beaver pond sites within the BOREAS Northern Study Area.
• Dataset is part of a larger, multi-team BOREAS effort on carbon and trace gas fluxes, suggesting methodological consistency.

Limitations

• Critical metadata is missing: column names, row counts, and file sizes are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the last update date: one platform lists 1994, another lists a future date of 2026, casting doubt on metadata accuracy.
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' with no further details on usage restrictions.

Provenance

Source

BOREAS TGB-05 team, organized under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Collection Method

Field collection of water samples from open water locations at beaver ponds.

Time Range

April 1994 to September 1994

Freshness

1994-09-19 23:59:59.999000

Geography

BOREAS Northern Study Area (NSA), specifically the NSA Tower Beaver Pond Site and NSA Gillam Road Beaver Pond Site.