Creator: ORNL_CLOUD
Keywords: Canopy Transmittance,Photosynthetically Active Radiation,Surface Winds,Humidity,Air Temperature,Surface Temperature,Net Radiation,Heat Flux,Surface Pressure,Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide,Soil Moisture/Water Content,Plant Characteristics,Soil Moisture/Water Content,Soil Temperature,Snow/Ice Temperature

Data at a Glance

Description

The BOREAS TF-01 team collected energy, carbon dioxide, and momentum flux data under the canopy along with meteorological and soils data at the BOREAS SSA-OA site from mid-October to mid-November of 1993 and throughout all of 1994.

Product Summary

Platforms

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

Instruments

LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR ,

ANEMOMETERS ,

HUMIDITY SENSORS ,

THERMOMETERS ,

THERMOCOUPLES ,

SOIL MOISTURE PROBE ,

INFRARED THERMOMETERS ,

BAROMETERS ,

SONIC ANEMOMETER ,

IRGA ,

SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER ,

NET RADIOMETERS

Projects

BOREAS

Spatial Extent

N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

1993-10-12 to 1994-12-31

Data Partner

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)

Concept ID

C2808092797-ORNL_CLOUD

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

Processing Level

Published

2000-02-21

Updated

2023-11-22

Science Keywords

Canopy Transmittance ,

Photosynthetically Active Radiation ,

Surface Winds ,

Humidity ,

Air Temperature ,

Surface Temperature ,

Net Radiation ,

Heat Flux ,

Surface Pressure ,

Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide ,

Soil Moisture/Water Content ,

Plant Characteristics ,

Soil Moisture/Water Content ,

Soil Temperature ,

Snow/Ice Temperature

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Black, T. A. (2000). BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Understory Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/513 Date Accessed: 2026-08-12

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Publications Citing This Dataset

Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic
Comparison of heat and moisture fluxes from a modified soil-plant-atmosphere model with observations from BOREAS	2004	Lee, YoungHee, Mahrt, L.	Humidity, Virtual Temperature, Air Temperature, Surface Temperature, Atmospheric Stability, Shortwave Radiation, Net Radiation, Heat Flux, Surface Pressure, Atmospheric Ozone, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Surface Winds, Precipitation Amount, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Canopy Transmittance, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Plant Characteristics, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Snow/Ice Temperature, Solar Radiation, Longwave Radiation