Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center

nasa-ornldaac-140

Aspen Forest Cover by Stratum/Plot (SNF)

ABSTRACT: The purpose of the Superior National Forest (SNF) study was to improve our understanding of the relationship between remotely sensed observations and important biophysical parameters in the boreal forest. A key element of the experiment was the development of methodologies to measure forest stand characteristics to determine values of importance to both remote sensing and ecology. Parameters studied were biomass, leaf area index, above ground net primary productivity, bark area index and ground coverage by vegetation. Thirty two quaking aspen and thirty one black spruce sites were studied. For the aspen sites, in each plot a visual estimation of the percent coverage of the canopy, subcanopy and understory vegetation was made. The site averages of these coverage estimates are presented in this data set.

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Identified by : SNF_ASP_CVR

This dataset was released on January 01, 1996.

The time range for this dataset is May 10, 1984 to June 12, 1984.

The spatial range for this dataset is 47.6575° to 48.1697° latitude, and -92.5058° to -91.7658° longitude. map (center)

DOI : 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/140
Also known as :

• dataset oai:mercury-ops2.ornl.gov:ornldaac_140 (ornl lexicon)
• dataset oai:mercury.ornl.gov:ornldaac_140 (ornl lexicon)