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Superior National Forest

Overview

waterfall Superior National ForestThe Superior National Forest (SNF) project was an intensive NASA experiment conducted in 1983 - 1984 in a portion of the Superior National Forest near Ely, Minnesota, U.S.A. The study area covered a 50 X 50 km area in northeastern Minnesota at the southern edge of the boreal forest. The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the ability of remote sensing to provide estimates of biophysical properties of ecosystems, such as leaf area index (LAI), biomass, and net primary productivity (NPP).


Superior National Forest Project Datasets List

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Biophyscial Parameters (8 datasets)

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*Forest Canopy Composition (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 4.9MB
*Helicopter MMR Reflectance Data (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.1MB
*SNF Forest Phenology/Leaf Expansion Data 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.1MB
*SNF Leaf Optical Properties: Cary-141996-10-24 user guide download 5.4MB
*SNF Leaf Optical Properties: TMS 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.1MB
*SNF NS001-TMS Canopy Reflectance 1983-84 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.1MB
*Biomass of Sacrificed Spruce/Aspen (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.1MB
*Forest Biophysical Parameters (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.1MB

Daily Climatology (20 datasets)

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*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1972 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1972-1990 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.3MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1973 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1974 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1975 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1976 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1977 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1978 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1979 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1980 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1981 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1982 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1983 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1984 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1985 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1986 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1987 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1988 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1989 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1990 (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB

Forest or Vegetation Cover (5 datasets)

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*SNF Forest Cover by Species/Strata 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.1MB
*SNF Forest Understory Cover Data 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*SNF Forest Understory Cover Data (Table) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.1MB
*SNF Vegetation Cover Data: C. Jarvis 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.1MB
*Aspen Forest Cover by Stratum/Plot (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB

Monthly Climatology (1 dataset)

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*NWS Monthly Climatology Summary (SNF) 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB

Site Characterization (3 datasets)

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*SNF Satellite Image Data Inventory 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB
*SNF Site Characterization Data: C.Jarvis 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.1MB
*SNF Site Characterization Validation 1996-10-24 user guide download 5.0MB

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