Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports Volume 39 April 6, 2001

The BOREAS RSS-3 team collected multiple remotely sensed data sets from the NASA UH-1 helicopter. This data set
includes helicopter-based radiometric measurements of forested sites acquired during BOREAS made with an SE-590 processed
to reflectance factors. The data used in this analysis were collected in 1994 during the three BOREAS IFCs at numerous tower
and auxiliary sites in both the NSA and the SSA. The 15-degree FOV of the SE-590 yielded a ground resolution of approximately
79 m at the 300-m nominal altitude. The data are provided in tabular ASCII files.
Author
Data Acquisition; Forests; Radiometers
20010022167 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
BOREAS RSS-4 1994 Southern Study Area Jack Pine LAI and FPAR Data
Hall, Forrest G., Editor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA; Nickeson, Jaime, Editor, Raytheon Information Technology
and Scientific Services, USA; Plummer, Stephen, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, UK; July 2000; 33p; In English
Contract(s)/Grant(s): RTOP 462-33-01
Report No.(s): NASA/TM-2000-209891/VOL49; Rept-2000-03136-0/VOL49; NAS 1.15:209891/VOL49; No Copyright;
Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy; A01, Microfiche
The RSS-4 team collected several data sets related to leaf, plant, and stand physical, optical, and chemical properties. This
data set contains leaf area indices and FPAR measurements that were taken at the three conifer sites in the BOREAS SSA during
August 1993 and at the jack pine tower flux and a subset of auxiliary sites during July and August 1994. The measurements were
made with LAI-2000 and Ceptometer instruments. The measurements were taken for the purpose of model parameterization and
to test empirical relationships that were hypothesized between biophysical parameters and remotely sensed data. The data are
stored in tabular ASCII files.
Author
Ecosystems; Atmospheric Models; Remote Sensing; Measuring Instruments
20010022231 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
BOREAS TF-2 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Precipitation Data
Neumann, Harold, Atmospheric Environment Service, Canada; Mickle, Robert, Atmospheric Environment Service, Canada;
Staebler, Ralf, Atmospheric Environment Service, Canada; Hall, Forrest G., Editor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA;
Huemmrich, Karl, Editor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA; October 2000; 50p; In English
Contract(s)/Grant(s): RTOP 462-33-01
Report No.(s): NASA/TM-2000-209891/VOL193; Rept-2000-03136-0/VOL193; NAS 1.15:209891/VOL193; No Copyright;
Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy; A01, Microfiche
The BOReal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study Tower Flux-2 (BOREAS TF-2) team collected energy, carbon dioxide, water
vapor, and momentum flux data above the canopy and in profiles through the canopy, along with meteorological data at the
BOREAS Southern Study Area-Old Aspen (SSA-OA) site. Above-canopy measurements began in early February and ran through
mid-September of 1994. Measurements were collected over a longer period of 1994 than most BOREAS flux sites. Daily precipitation
data from several gauges were also collected. The data are available in tabular ASCII files.
Author
Ecosystems; Meteorological Parameters; Precipitation (Meteorology); Measuring Instruments; Canopies (Vegetation); Data
Acquisition; Flux Density
20010022232 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
BOREAS Regional DEM in Raster Format and AEAC Projection
Knapp, David, Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, USA; Verdin, Kristine, Geological Survey, USA; Hall,
Forrest G., Editor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA; September 2000; 17p; In English
Contract(s)/Grant(s): RTOP 462-33-01
Report No.(s): NASA/TM-2000-209891/VOL108; Rept-2000-03136-0/VOL108; NAS 1.15:209891/VOL108; No Copyright;
Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy; A01, Microfiche
This data set is based on the GTOPO30 Digital Elevation Model (DEM) produced by the USA Geological Survey EROS Data
Center (USGS EDC). The BOReal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) region (1,000 km x 1000 km) was extracted from
the GTOPO30 data and reprojected by BOREAS staff into the Albers Equal-Area Conic (AEAC) projection. The pixel size of
these data is 1 km. The data are stored in binary, image format files.
Author
Ecosystems; Elevation; Digital Data; Geological Surveys; Raster Scanning; Remote Sensing; Eros (Satellites)
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