Jornada Experimental Range Annual Vegetation Transect Data

Yearly vegetation intercept transect data collected from the southern to northern boundary of the Jornada Experimental Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico. The dataset, managed by the Jornada Experimental Range organization, consists of summaries comprising 253 MB, with data collection ending in 1977.

Use Cases

• Modeling vegetation change over time using yearly transect data across major soil types.
• Analyzing spatial vegetation patterns from southern to northern boundary transect locations.
• Correlating plant community dynamics with soil type classifications recorded at transect points.
• Studying long-term ecological trends in arid rangelands using the yearly collection frequency.

Strengths

• Yearly collection frequency provides a consistent time-series for trend analysis.
• Data covers transects across all major soil types within the experimental range.
• Summarized data volume is 253 MB, indicating substantial processed information.

Limitations

• Data collection ended in 1977, making the dataset temporally stale for current conditions.
• Only summaries of 75% of the dataset are digitized, limiting access to the full raw records.
• Specific row counts, column names, and sample sizes are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Jornada Experimental Range, via NASA EarthData.

Collection Method

Regularly spaced vegetation intercept transects sampled yearly from the southern to northern boundary.

Time Range

Yearly collection, ending in 1977.

Freshness

No longer updated; final update was in 1977.

Geography

Jornada Experimental Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.