Summary:

As part of BOREAS, the RSS-15 team conducted an investigation using SIR-C , X-SAR and Landsat TM data for estimating total above-ground dry biomass for the SSA and NSA modeling grids and component biomass for the SSA. Relationships of backscatter to total biomass and total biomass to foliage, branch, and bole biomass were used to estimate biomass density across the landscape. The procedure involved image classification with SAR and Landsat TM data and development of simple mapping techniques using combinations of SAR channels. For the SSA, the SIR-C data used were acquired on 06-Oct-1994, and the Landsat TM data used were acquired on September 2, 1995. The maps of the NSA were developed from SIR-C data acquired on 13-Apr-1994.

A guide document which includes more information about this data set can be found at https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/boreas/RSS/rs15bmlc/comp/RSS15_SIRC_Biomass.txt.

ORNL DAAC maintains information on the entire BOREAS Project.

Data Citation

Cite this data set as follows:

Ranson, K. J., R. Lang, and G. Sun. 1999. BOREAS RSS-15 SIR-C and TM Biomass and Landcover Maps of the NSA and SSA. Data set. Available on-line [http://www.daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/483.

References:

Haliwell, D.H., M.J. Apps et al. 1999. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) biometry and auxiliary sites: overstory and understory data. Nat Reours. Can., Can. For. Service, North. For. Cent., Edmonton, Alberta.

Newcomer, J., D. Landis, S. Conrad, S. Curd, K. Huemmrich, D. Knapp, A. Morrell, J. Nickeson, A. Papagno, D. Rinker, R. Strub, T. Twine, F. Hall, and P. Sellers, eds. 2000. Collected Data of The Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study. NASA. CD-ROM.

Ranson, K.J. and G. Sun. 1994. Mapping biomass for a northern forest using multifrequency SAR data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience. Remote Sensing, 32(3):388-396.

Ranson, K.J., S. Saatchi, and G. Sun. 1995a. Boreal forest ecosystem characterization with SIR-C/X-SAR. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 33:867-876.

Ranson, K.J., R.H. Lang, G. Sun, N.S. Chauhan, and R.J. Cacciola. 1995b. Mapping of boreal forest biomass using synthetic aperture radar measurements and modeling. Retrieval of Bio- and Geophysical Parameters from SAR for Land Applications, Toulouse France, 10-13 October.

Ranson, K.J., G. Sun, B. Montgomery, and R.H. Lang. 1996. Mapping of boreal forest biomass using SAR. IGARSS'96, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Ranson, K.J, G. Sun, R. Lang, N.S. Chauhan, R.J. Cacciola, and O. Kilic. 1997. Mapping of boreal forest biomass from spaceborne synthetic aperture radar, JGR 102:29599-29610.

Sellers P. and F. Hall. 1994. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study: Experiment Plan. Version 1994-3.0 NASA BOREAS Report (EXPLAN 94).

Sellers P. and F. Hall. 1996. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study: Experiment Plan. Version 1996-2.0 NASA BOREAS Report (EXPLAN 96).

Sellers P., F. Hall, and K.F. Huemmrich. 1996. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study: 1994 Operations. NASA BOREAS Report (OPS DOC 94).

Sellers P., F. Hall and K.F. Huemmrich. 1997. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study: 1996 Operations. NASA BOREAS Report (OPS DOC 96).

Sellers P., F. Hall, H. Margolis, B. Kelly, D. Baldocchi, G. den Hartog, J. Cihlar, M.G. Ryan, B. Goodison, P. Crill, K.J. Ranson, D. Lettenmaier, and D.E. Wickland. 1995. The boreal ecosystem-atmosphere study (BOREAS): an overview and early results from the 1994 field year. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 76(9):1549-1577.

Sellers,P.J., F.G. Hall, R.D. Kelly, A. Black, D. Baldocchi, J. Berry, H. Margolis, M. Ryan, J. Ranson, P.M. Crill, D.P. Lettenmeier, J. Cihlar, J. Newcomer, D. Halliwell, D. Fitzjarrald, P.G. Jarvis, S.T. Gower, D. Williams, B. Goodison, D.E. Wickland, and F.E. Guertin. 1997. BOREAS in 1997: Scientific results, experiment overview and future directions. BOREAS Special Issue, JGR-Atmospheres, 102:28,731-28,770, No. D24..

Data Format:

There is no data format file for this dataset.

Document Information:

09-Dec-1999 (data citation revised on 26-Sep-2002)

Document Review Date:

09-Dec-1999

Document Curator:

uso@daac.ornl.gov

Document URL:

https://daac.ornl.gov