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Photosynthetically Active Radiation Data Access and Tools
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Photosynthetically Active Radiation Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOREAS RSS-04 1994 Southern Study Area Jack Pine LAI & FPAR Data | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | LICOR LEAF AREA METER, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1993-08-14 to 1994-08-05 |
N: 53.99 S: 53.65 E: -104.64 W: -105.32 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS RSS-07 LAI, Gap Fraction, and FPAR Data | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER | 1993-08-09 to 1994-09-17 |
N: 55.94 S: 53.63 E: -98.19 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS RSS-07 Regional LAI and FPAR Images From Ten-Day AVHRR-LAC Composites | 1 | NOAA-11 | AVHRR | 1994-04-09 to 1994-09-10 |
N: 61.01 S: 48.83 E: -93.29 W: -115.41 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS RSS-10 TOMS Circumpolar One-Degree PAR Images | 1 | Nimbus-7 | TOMS | 1979-05-01 to 1989-09-30 |
N: 65.5 S: 41.5 E: 180 W: -180 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS RSS-14 GOES-7 Level-2 Shortwave and Longwave Radiation Images | 1 | GOES-7 | VAS | 1994-02-05 to 1994-09-20 |
N: 65.91 S: 47.65 E: -87.12 W: -111 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS TE-04 Gas Exchange Data from Boreal Tree Species | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM | 1994-07-21 to 1994-09-01 |
N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.65 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TE-05 Leaf Gas Exchange Data | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM | 1994-06-06 to 1994-09-13 |
N: 55.93 S: 53.63 E: -98.62 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TE-05 Surface Meteorological & Radiation Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMISTORS, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1994-05-25 to 1994-09-08 |
N: 55.93 S: 53.62 E: -98.51 W: -106.19 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TE-09 in Situ Diurnal Gas Exchange of NSA Boreal Forest Stands | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM | 1994-05-27 to 1994-09-14 |
N: 55.91 S: 55.84 E: -98.29 W: -98.67 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TE-09 PAR & Leaf Nitrogen Data for NSA, R1 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, COLORIMETERS | 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-19 |
N: 56 S: 55.84 E: -97.34 W: -98.67 |
CSV | |
| BOREAS TE-09 Photosynthetic Response Data | 1 | PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER, LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION | LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-19 |
N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -98.48 W: -98.67 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TE-10 Photosynthetic Response Data | 1 | LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION | OXYGEN ANALYZERS, BALANCE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 1994-05-25 to 1996-10-13 |
N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.65 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TE-11 Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | NET RADIOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 53.92 S: 53.92 E: -104.69 W: -104.69 |
CSV | |
| BOREAS TE-12 Incoming PAR Through the Forest Canopy Data | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1996-07-04 to 1996-07-25 |
N: 53.99 S: 53.99 E: -105.12 W: -105.12 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TE-17 Production Efficiency Model Images | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1994-04-16 to 1994-09-07 |
N: 59.94 S: 50.13 E: -93.92 W: -108.51 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS TE-18 Geosail Canopy Reflectance Model | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1993-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 62 S: 48 E: -92 W: -111 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TE-21 Daily Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 55.93 S: 53.63 E: -97.87 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TDR, THERMOCOUPLES, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, BAROMETERS | 1996-02-02 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Understory Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, IRGA, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, NET RADIOMETERS | 1993-10-12 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-02 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Precipitation Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES, SONIC ANEMOMETER, THERMOCOUPLES, BAROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, OZONE SENSOR, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS | 1994-01-01 to 1994-10-27 |
N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-03 NSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, RAIN GAUGES, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1994-03-16 to 1996-10-31 |
N: 55.88 S: 55.88 E: -98.48 W: -98.48 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-04 SSA-YJP Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Canopy Condition Data, R1 | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | PSYCHROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, IRGA, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1993-09-02 to 1994-09-20 |
N: 53.88 S: 53.88 E: -104.65 W: -104.65 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-05 Tower Flux & Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, WIND MONITOR, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, OZONE SENSOR, IR CO2 ANALYZER, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1994-05-23 to 1994-09-16 |
N: 53.92 S: 53.92 E: -104.69 W: -104.69 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-08 NSA-OJP Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | HYGROMETERS, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, PYRHELIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TEMPERATURE PROBES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1994-05-24 to 1996-11-12 |
N: 55.93 S: 55.93 E: -98.62 W: -98.62 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-09 SSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, IR CO2 ANALYZER, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, WIND MONITOR, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE PROBES, PYRANOMETERS, PSYCHROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1994-05-23 to 1996-11-29 |
N: 53.99 S: 53.99 E: -105.12 W: -105.12 |
ASCII |
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