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The BOREAS RSS-04 team focused its efforts on deriving estimates of LAI and leaf chlorophyll and nitrogen concentrations from remotely sensed data for input into the Forest BGC model. This data set contains measurements of jack pine (Pinus banksiana) needle biochemistry from the BOREAS SSA in July and August 1994. The data contain measurements of current and year-1 needle chlorophyll, nitrogen, lignin, cellulose, and water content for the OJP flux tower and nearby auxiliary sites. The data have been used to test a needle reflectance and transmittance model, LIBERTY (Dawson et al., in press). The source code for the model and modeled needle spectra for each of the sampled tower and auxiliary sites are provided as part of this data set. The LIBERTY model was developed and the predicted spectral data generated to parameterize a canopy reflectance model (North, 1996) for comparison with AVIRIS, POLDER, and PARABOLA data.

Product Summary

Platforms
LABORATORY
Instruments
SPECTROPHOTOMETERS ,
BALANCE
Spatial Extent

N: 53.98 S: 53.87 E: -104.64 W: -105.05

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1994-07-25 to 1994-08-05
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2807643026-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
3
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Nitrogen ,
Leaf Characteristics ,
Chlorophyll ,
Forests ,
Plant Characteristics

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Plummer, S. E., & Curran, P. J. (1998). BOREAS RSS-04 1994 Jack Pine Leaf Biochemistry and Modeled Spectra in the SSA (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/292 Date Accessed: 2026-04-30

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Estimating forest canopy parameters from satellite waveform LiDAR by inversion of the FLIGHT three-dimensional radiative transfer model Bye, I.J., North, P.R.J., Los, S.O., Kljun, N., Rosette, J.A.B., Hopkinson, C., Chasmer, L., Mahoney, C. Nitrogen, Leaf Characteristics, Chlorophyll, Forests, Plant Characteristics, Reflectance
The potential for estimating chlorophyll content from a vegetation canopy using the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) Dawson, T. P. Nitrogen, Leaf Characteristics, Chlorophyll, Forests, Plant Characteristics, Reflectance, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Canopy Characteristics
The Propagation of Foliar Biochemical Absorption Features in Forest Canopy Reflectance Dawson, T.P., Curran, P.J., North, P.R.J., Plummer, S.E. Nitrogen, Leaf Characteristics, Chlorophyll, Forests, Plant Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Canopy Characteristics
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