BOREAS Follow-On Project/Campaign Document

Summary:

The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) Follow-on project extended and built upon original BOREAS scientific results and data. A common set of existing BOREAS in situ and remote-sensing data was compiled at point, study area, and regional scales for use by Follow-on investigators. Follow-on investigations were integrative, interdisciplinary, and focused on modeling and regional-scale analyses. The development and intercomparison of the various carbon, water, and energy flux models was a major objective. More information is available on-line at http://www.daac.ornl.gov/BOREAS/FollowOn/followon_home_page.html .

The original BOREAS project, as part of NASA's Earth Science Research and Analysis Program, was a large-scale experiment from 1993 through 1996 to designed to investigate the interactions between the boreal forest biome and the atmosphere. Surface, airborne, and satellite-based observations were collected to study the biological and physical processes and conditions that govern the exchanges of radiative energy, water, heat, carbon, and trace gases between boreal forest ecosystems and the atmosphere, particularly those processes that may be sensitive to global change. Data were collected at representative sites in the boreal forest of central Canada. More information is available on-line at http://www.daac.ornl.gov/BOREAS/boreas_home_page.html .

Name of Project/Campaign:: Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study Follow-On Project, BOREAS Follow-On
Project/Campaign Introduction:: BOREAS Follow-On investigators performed further analyses of data from the BOREAS project. Follow-on investigations were more integrative, interdisciplinary, and focused on modeling and regional-scale analyses. The development and intercomparison of the various carbon, water, and energy flux models was a major objective. The original BOREAS project was a large-scale experiment that collected surface, airborne, and satellite-based observations of the biological and physical processes and conditions that govern the exchanges of radiative energy, water, heat, carbon, and trace gases between boreal forest ecosystems and the atmosphere in the boreal forest of central Canada.
Project/Campaign Mission Objectives:: The key BOREAS Follow-On objectives included improving process models that describe the exchanges of radiative energy, water, heat, carbon, and trace constituents between the boreal forest biome and the atmosphere and developing methods for applying the process models over large spatial scales using remote-sensing and other integrative techniques.
Discipline(s):: Earth science
Geographic Region(s):: Boreal forest of central Canada
Detailed Project/Campaign Description:: BOREAS Follow-On, as a part of NASA's Earth Science Research and Analysis Program, extended and built upon original BOREAS scientific results and data. A common set of existing BOREAS in situ and remote-sensing data was compiled at point, study area, and regional scales for use by Follow-on investigators. Follow-on investigations were more integrative, interdisciplinary, and focused on modeling and regional-scale analyses. The development and intercomparison of the various carbon, water, and energy flux models was a major objective.

2. Data Availability:

Data Type(s):: Imagery and tabular data.
Input/Output Media:: Selected data and imagery files are available from the ORNL DAAC Web site (http://www.daac.ornl.gov). Data can be downloaded through FTP, and they are available on CD-ROM.
Proprietary Status:: The data are free for public use.

3. Data Access:

Data Center Location:: The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) is housed within the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which is located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Contact Information:: ORNL DAAC User Services Office; The data are available free of charge.

4. Principal Investigator Information:

Varies.

5. Submitting Investigator Information:

Varies.

6. References:

On-line information is available from the following World Wide Web sites:

Boreas Follow-on (http://www.daac.ornl.gov/BOREAS/boreas_followon_home_page.html)

Boreas (http://www.daac.ornl.gov/BOREAS/boreas_home_page.html)

7. Glossary of Terms:

A glossary is available at http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/cdiac/glossary.html. For additional terms, see the EOSDIS glossary at http://harp.gsfc.nasa.gov/v0ims/glossary.of.terms.html.

8. List of Acronyms:

BOREAS: Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study
DAAC: Distributed Active Archive Center
ORNL: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
URL: Uniform Resource Locator
A more complete list of acronyms is available at http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/cdiac/pns/acronyms.html. For additional terms, see the EOSDIS list of acronyms at http://harp.gsfc.nasa.gov/v0ims/acronyms.html.

9. Document Information:

Document Revision Date:: August 24, 2001
Document Review Date:: August 24, 2001
Document ID:: ORNL-campaign3150
Document Curator:: webmaster@www.daac.ornl.gov
Document: http://daac.ornl.gov /BOREAS/FollowOn/boreas_followon_campaign.html

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BOREAS Follow-On Project/Campaign Document

Summary:

Table of Contents:

1. Project/Campaign Overview:

Name of Project/Campaign:

Project/Campaign Introduction:

Project/Campaign Mission Objectives:

Discipline(s):

Geographic Region(s):

Detailed Project/Campaign Description:

2. Data Availability:

Data Type(s):

Input/Output Media:

Proprietary Status:

3. Data Access:

Data Center Location:

Contact Information:

Associated Costs:

4. Principal Investigator Information:

5. Submitting Investigator Information:

6. References:

7. Glossary of Terms:

8. List of Acronyms:

9. Document Information:

Document Revision Date:

Document Review Date:

Document ID:

Document Curator:

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