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SAFARI 2000 Leaf Area Index and Canopy Structure, Kalahari Transect, 1999-2000

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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/771
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Project
Published2005-02-07
Updated2023-10-18
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Description

Data from the Tracing Radiation and Architecture of Canopies (TRAC) instrument were collected at five sites along the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) Kalahari Transect, including Mongu in Zambia and Pandamatenga, Maun, Okwa River Crossing, and Tshane in Botswana, during the 2000 wet season field campaign (March-April) of SAFARI 2000. At the Mongu site, TRAC measurements began in August of 1999 and continued beyond the 2000 wet season field campaign, about every month for the rest of 2000. The TRAC instrument contains pyranometers that are sensitive to photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) at 400-700 nm. The TRAC measures the PAR flux transmitted through the overstory canopy continuously at 32 Hz. The parameters derived from the TRAC instrument include estimates of plant or leaf area index (PAI, LAI), overstory gap fraction, and clumping index.

Science Keywords

  • BIOSPHERE
  • VEGETATION
  • PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION
  • BIOSPHERE
  • VEGETATION
  • LEAF CHARACTERISTICS
  • LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI)
  • BIOSPHERE
  • VEGETATION
  • LEAF CHARACTERISTICS
  • BIOSPHERE
  • VEGETATION
  • CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
  • TRANSMITTANCE

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Privette, J.L., and M.M. Mukelabai. 2005. SAFARI 2000 Leaf Area Index and Canopy Structure, Kalahari Transect, 1999-2000. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/771

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  • GPS_Coords_transect_endpts.txt
  • kt_lai_trac_readme.pdf