Summary:

The BOREAS TE-10 team collected several data sets in support of its efforts to characterize and interpret information on the reflectance, transmittance, gas exchange, chlorophyll content, carbon content, hydrogen content, and nitrogen content of boreal vegetation. This data set describes the relationship between sample location, age, chlorophyll content, and C-H-N concentrations at several sites in the SSA conducted during the growing seasons of 1994 and 1996.

A guide document which includes more information about this data set can be found at https://daac.ornl.gov/data/boreas/TE/te10lfch/comp/TE10_Leaf_Chem.txt.

ORNL DAAC maintains information on the entire BOREAS Project.

Data Citation

Cite this data set as follows:

Middleton, E. M., and J. H. Sullivan. 1998. BOREAS TE-10 Leaf Chemistry Data. 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/345.

References:

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Chappelle, E.W. and M.S. Kim. 1992. Ratio analysis of reflectance spectra (RARS): an algorithm for the remote estimation of the concentration of chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and carotenoids in soybean leaves. Remote Sens. Environ. V39: 239-247.

Kharouk, V.I., E.M. Middleton, S.L, Spensor, B.N. Rock, and D.L. Williams. 1995. Aspen bark photosynthesis and its significance to remote sensing and carbon budget estimates in the boreal ecosystem. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. V82: 483-497.

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Middleton, E.M., E.W. Chappelle, and A.DeLuca. 1995. Evaluating photosynthesis in Boreal forest species with fluorescence measurements. IGARSS 1995.

Middleton, E.M., J.H. Sullivan, B.D. Bovard, A.J. DeLuca, S.S.Chan, and T.A. Cannon. 1997. Seasonal variability in foliar characteristics and physiology for Boreal forest species at the five Saskatchewan tower sites during the 1994 Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS). J. Geophys. Res. 102 (D24): 28, 831-844.

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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).

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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. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS): an overview and early results from the 1994 field year. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. V76: 1549-1577.

Sellers, P.J., F.G. Hall, R.D. Kelly, A. Black, D. Baldocchi, J. Berry, M. Ryan, K.J. Ranson, P.M. Crill, D.P. Lettenmaier, H. Margolis, J. Cihlar, J. Newcomer, D. Fitzjarrald, P.G. Jarvis, S.T. Gower, D. Halliwell, D. Williams, B. Goodison, D.E. Wickland, and F.E. Guertin. 1997. BOREAS in 1997: Experiment Overview, Scientific Results and Future Directions. Journal of Geophysical Research 102 (D24): 28,731-28,770.

Sullivan, J.H., B.D. Bovard, and E. M. Middleton, 1996. Variability in leaf-level CO2 and water fluxes in Pinus banksiana and Picea mariana in Saskatchewan. Tree Physiol. V17: 553-561.

Data Format:

For information on Parameter/Variable Names, Variable Description/Definition, Units of Measurement, and Data File Format see this companion file https://daac.ornl.gov/data/boreas/TE/te10lfch/comp/te10lfch.def

Document Information:

07-Dec-98 (data citation revised on 25-Sep-2002)

Document Review Date:

07-Dec-98

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