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SAFARI 2000 PAI Estimates from Hemispherical Photography, Kalahari Transect

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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/774
Version1
Project
Published2005-02-07
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Description

This data set was collected during February-March 2000 wet season and September 2000 dry season field campaigns of SAFARI 2000. Mongu in Zambia and Pandematenga (aka Kasane) and Tshane in Botswana were visited during the wet season campaign. Dry season data are for Mongu only. Hemispherical photographs, from which Plant Area Index (PAI) estimates are derived, were obtained at the field sites to characterize vegetation structural changes along the Kalahari Transect. The photographs are classified into sky and vegetation (trunk, green and senescent leaves, and branches) using an unsupervised classification scheme.

Science Keywords

  • BIOSPHERE
  • VEGETATION
  • CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS
  • BIOSPHERE
  • ECOSYSTEMS
  • TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
  • FORESTS
  • BIOSPHERE
  • VEGETATION
  • PLANT CHARACTERISTICS

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Roberts, G. 2005. SAFARI 2000 PAI Estimates from Hemispherical Photography, Kalahari Transect. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/774

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  • kt_pai_estimates_readme.pdf
  • GPS_coords_transec_endpts.txt