Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports Volume 39 April 6, 2001

20010022986 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
BOREAS TGB-6 Soil Methane Oxidation and Production from NSA BP and Fen Sites
Deck, Bruce, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA; Wahlen, Martin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA; Hall, Forrest
G., Editor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA; Conrad, Sara K., Editor, Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific
Services, USA; November 2000; 24p; In English
Contract(s)/Grant(s): RTOP 462-33-01
Report No.(s): NASA/TM-2000-209891/VOL233; Rept-2000-03136-0/VOL233; NAS 1.15:209891/VOL233; No Copyright;
Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy; A01, Microfiche
The BOReal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study Trace Gas Biogeochemistry (BOREAS TGB-6) team collected soil methane
measurements at several sites in the Southern Study Area (SSA) and Northern Study Area (NSA). This data set contains soil methane
consumption (bacterial CH4 oxidation) and associated C-13 fractionation effects in samples that were collected at various
sites in 1994 and 1996 from enclosures (chambers). Methane C-13 data in soil gas samples from the NSA Young Jack Pine (YJP)
and Old Jack Pine (OJP) sites for 1994 and 1996 are also given. Additional data on the isotopic composition of methane (carbon
and hydrogen isotopes) produced in the NSA beaver ponds and fen bog in 1993 and 1994 are given as well. The data are stored
in tabular ASCII files.
Author
Biogeochemistry; Methane; Oxidation; Ponds; Soil Sampling; Trace Contaminants; Chemical Fractionation; Ecosystems
20010022987 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
BOREAS TGB-5 Fire History of Manitoba 1980 to 1991 in Vector Format
Stocks, Brian J., Canadian Forestry Service, Canada; Zepp, Richard, Environmental Protection Agency, USA; Knapp, David,
Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, USA; Hall, Forrest G., Editor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
USA; Conrad, Sara K., Editor, Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, USA; November 2000; 18p; In English
Contract(s)/Grant(s): RTOP 462-33-01
Report No.(s): NASA/TM-2000-209891/VOL232; Rept-2000-03136-0/VOL232; NAS 1.15:209891/VOL232; No Copyright;
Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy; A01, Microfiche
The BOReal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study Trace Gas Biogeochemistry (BOREAS TGB-5) team collected several data sets
related to the effects of fire on the exchange of trace gases between the surface and the atmosphere. This vector format data set
covers the province of Manitoba between 1980 and 1991 and was produced by Forestry Canada from hand-drawn boundaries of
fires on photocopies of 1:250,000 scale maps. The locational accuracy of the data is considered fair to poor. When the locations
of some fire boundaries were compared to LANDSAT TM images, they were found to be off by as much as a few kilometers.
Author
Manitoba; Biogeochemistry; Fires; Trace Contaminants; Vectors (Mathematics); Ecosystems; Atmospheric Composition; Data
Acquisition
20010022988 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA
BOREAS TGB-1/TGB-3 Water Table and Peat Temperature Data over the NSA
Bubier, Jill L., New Hampshire Univ., USA; Comer, Neil, McGill Univ., Canada; Moore, Tim R., McGill Univ., Canada; Hall,
Forrest G., Editor, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA; Conrad, Sara K., Editor, Raytheon Information Technology and
Scientific Services, USA; November 2000; 29p; In English
Contract(s)/Grant(s): RTOP 462-33-01
Report No.(s): NASA/TM-2000-209891/VOL223; NAS 1.15:209891/VOL223; Rept-2000-03136-0/VOL223; No Copyright;
Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy; A01, Microfiche
The BOREAS TGB-1 and TGB-3 teams collected several data sets that contributed to understanding the measured trace gas
fluxes over sites in the NSA. This data set contains continuous and manual measurements of water level and air and soil temperatures
at the four subsites within the NSA Tower Fen site complex. The measurements were taken to understand the thermal and
hydrological gradients associated with each plant community present in the fen. Measurements were taken from May to September
1994 and May to October 1996. The data are provided in tabular ASCII files.
Author
Remote Sensing; Data Acquisition; Atmospheric Composition; Gas Spectroscopy; Surface Temperature; Soils; Trace Contaminants;
Temperature Measurement; Temperature Profiles; Water Tables
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