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BOREAS HYD-03 SUBCANOPY RADIATION DATA
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Summary:

The BOREAS HYD-03 team collected several data sets related to the hydrology of forested areas. This data set contains solar radiation measurements from several pyranometers (solar radiometers) placed on the snow surface in jack pine (1994) and black spruce and aspen forests (1996). An array of radiometers was used to collect data for 3-4 consecutive days in each forest type to study the hypothesis that energy transfer and snow water equivalent would vary spatially as a function of canopy closure. The quality of the data is good, because the days were generally clear and the radiometers were checked daily to remove anything that landed on the radiometers.

A guide document which includes more information about this data set can be found at http://daac.ornl.gov/boreas/HYD/h03scrdd/comp/HYD03_Subcan_Rad.txt.

ORNL DAAC maintains information on the entire BOREAS Project.

Data Citation:

Cite this data set as follows:

Hardy, J. P., and R. E. Davis. 1998. BOREAS HYD-03 Subcanopy Radiation Data. Data set. Available on-line [http://www.daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/266.

References:

Davis, R.E., C. Woodcock, and J.P. Hardy. 1996. Toward spatially distributed modeling of snow in the boreal forest. Eos Transactions, AGU 1995 Fall Meeting, Abstract, p. 218.

Davis, R.E., J.P. Hardy, W. Ni, C. Woodcock, C.J. McKenzie, R. Jordan, and X. Li. 1997. Variation of snow ablation in the boreal forest: A sensitivity study on the effects of conifer canopy. Journal of Geophysical Research. 102(D24):29389-29396.

Hardy, J.P., R.E. Davis, and J.C. McKenzie. 1995. Snow Distribution Around Trees: Incorporation of snow interception patterns into spatially distributed snow models. Eos Transactions, AGU 1995 Fall Meeting, Abstract, p. 202.

Hardy, J.P., R.E. Davis, and R. Jordan. 1996. Snow melt modeling in the Boreal forest. Eos Transactions, AGU 1996 Fall Meeting, Abstract, p. 196.

Hardy, J.P., R.E. Davis, R. Jordan, X. Li, C. Woodcock, W. Ni, and J.C. McKenzie. 1997. Snow ablation modeling at the stand scale in a boreal jack pine forest. Journal of Geophysical Research. 102(D24): 29397-29406.

Ni, W., X. Li, C.E. Woodstock, J.L. Roujean, and R.E. Davis. 1997. Transmission of solar radiation in boreal conifer forests: Measurements and models. Journal of Geophysical Research. 102(D24):29555-29566.

Sellers, P. and F. Hall. 1994. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study: Experiment Plan. Version 1994-3.0, NASA BOREAS Report (EXPLAN 94).

Sellers, P. and F. Hall. 1996. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study: Experiment Plan. Version 1996-2.0, NASA BOREAS Report (EXPLAN 96).

Sellers, P.J., F.G. Hall, R.D. Kelly, A. Black, D. Baldocchi, J. Berry, M. Ryan, K.J. Ranson, P.M. Crill, D.P. Lettenmaier, H. Margolis, J. Cihlar, J. Newcomer, D. Fitzjarrald, P.G. Jarvis, S.T. Gower, D. Halliwell, D. Williams, B. Goodison, D.E. Wickland, F.E. Guertin. 1997. BOREAS in 1997: Experiment overview, scientific results, and future directions. Journal of Geophysical Research. 102(D24):28731-28770.

Sellers, P., F. Hall, and K.F. Huemmrich. 1996. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study: 1994 Operations. NASA BOREAS Report (OPS DOC 94).

Sellers, P., F. Hall, and K.F. Huemmrich. 1997. Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study: 1996 Operations. NASA BOREAS Report (OPS DOC 96).

Sellers, P., F. Hall, H. Margolis, B. Kelly, D. Baldocchi, G. den Hartog, J. Cihlar, M.G. Ryan, B. Goodison, P. Crill, K.J. Ranson, D. Lettenmaier, and D.E. Wickland. 1995. The boreal ecosystem-atmosphere study (BOREAS): an overview and early results from the 1994 field year. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 76(9):1549-1577.

Data Format:

For information on Parameter/Variable Names, Variable Description/Definition, Units of Measurement, and Data File Format see the companion file http://daac.ornl.gov/boreas/HYD/h03scrdd/comp/h03scrdd.def.

Document Information:

05-Jun-1998 (data set citation revised on 13-Sep-2002)

Document Review Date:

05-Jun-1998

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