Summary:

The BOREAS TE-12 team collected several data sets in support of its efforts to characterize and interpret information on the reflectance, transmittance, and gas exchange of boreal vegetation. This data set contains measurements of hemispherical spectral reflectance and transmittance factors of individual leaves, needles (ages: current and past 2 years' growth, i.e., for 1993, the growing seasons of 1993, 1992, and 1991 were measured; in 1994, the growing seasons of 1994, 1993, and 1992 were measured), twigs (reflectance only), and substrate at near-normal incidence measured using a LI-COR LI-1800-12 integrating sphere attached to a Spectron Engineering SE590 spectroradiometer. Procedures of Daughtry et al. (1989) were followed. These procedures permitted measurement of samples that: 1) filled the entire integrating sphere sample port, and 2) were narrow with a length greater than the sample port diameter. Optical properties were measured at the SSA Fen,YJP, YA, and OBS sites.

A guide document which includes more information about this data set can be found at https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/boreas/TE/te12lod/comp/TE12_Leaf_Optic.txt.

ORNL DAAC maintains information on the entire BOREAS Project.

Data Citation

Cite this data set as follows:

Mesarch, M. A., E. A. Walter-Shea, and C. J. Hays. 1998. BOREAS TE-12 Leaf Optical Data for SSA Species. 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/352.

References:

Blad, B.L., E.A. Walter Shea, C.J. Hays, and M.A. Mesarch. 1990. Calibration of field reference panel and radiometers used in FIFE 1989. AgMet Progress Report 90-3. Department of Agricultural Meteorology. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0728.

Daughtry, C.S.T., L.L. Biehl, and K.J. Ranson. 1989. A new technique to measure the spectral properties of conifer needles. Remote Sens. Environ. 27:81-1991.

Mesarch, M. A., E.A. Walter-Shea, B.F. Robinson, J.M. Norman and C.J. Hays. 1991. Performance evaluation and operation of a field-portable radiometer for individual leaf optical measurements. AgMet Progress Report 91-2. Department of Agricultural Meteorology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0728.

Munsell Color Charts for Plant Tissue. 1977. MACBETH Div. of Kollmorgen Instrument Corp., Baltimore, MD.

Norman, J.M. and P.G. Jarvis. 1974. Photosynthesis in Stika Spruce [Picea Sitchenis (Bong.) Carr.] III. Measurements of canopy structure and interception of radiation. J. Appl. Ecol. 11:375-398.

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

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., F. Hall, and K.F. Huemmrich. 1996. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study: 1994 Operations. NASA BOREAS Report (OPS DOC 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. 1997. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study: 1996 Operations. NASA BOREAS Report (OPS DOC 96).

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. JGR BOREAS Special Issue, 102 (D24), 28731-28769.

Smith, W.K. and G.A. Carter. 1988. Shoot structural effects on needle temperatures and photosynthesis in conifers. Amer. J. of Bot. 75:496-500.

Williams, D.L. 1991. A comparison of spectral reflectance properties at the needle, branch and canopy level for selected conifer species. Remote Sens. Environ. 35:79-1993.

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/daacdata/boreas/TE/te12lod/comp/te12lod.def

Document Information:

18-Nov-1998 (data citation revised on 25-Sep-2002)

Document Review Date:

18-Nov-1998

Document Curator:

uso@daac.ornl.gov

Document URL:

https://daac.ornl.gov