BOREAS RSS-17 Dielectric Constant Profile Measurements

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The BOREAS RSS-17 team acquired and analyzed imaging radar data from the ESA's ERS-1 over a complete annual cycle at the BOREAS sites in Canada in 1994 to detect shifts in radar backscatter related to varying environmental conditions. This data set consists of dielectric constant profile measurements from selected trees at various BOREAS flux tower sites. The relative dielectric constant was measured at C-band (frequency = 5 GHz) as a function of depth into the trunk of three trees at each site. Measurements were made during April 1994 with an Applied Microwave Corporation field PDP fitted with a 0.358-cm (0.141-inch) diameter coaxial probe tip.

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21 https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/301
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5 https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpublic%2Fboreas%2FRSS%2Frs17diel%2Fcomp%2Frs17diel.def
5 https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov%2Fpublic%2Fboreas%2FRSS%2Frs17diel%2Fcomp%2FRSS17_Dielectric_Prof.pdf
5 https://doi.org%2F10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F301
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=rs17diel_301&ac=true
57 rs17diel_301.zip https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/protected/bundle/rs17diel_301.zip
34 boreas_logo_square.png https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/project/square/boreas_logo_square.png
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5 rs17diel.def https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/boreas/RSS/rs17diel/comp/rs17diel.def
33 RSS17_Dielectric_Prof.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/boreas/RSS/rs17diel/comp/RSS17_Dielectric_Prof.pdf
47 RSS17_Dielectric_Prof.txt https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/boreas/RSS/rs17diel/comp/RSS17_Dielectric_Prof.txt
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2807645232-ORNL_CLOUD.iso19115

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  • earth-science-ecosystems-biosphere-terrestrial-ecosystems-forests
  • earth-science-radar-spectral-engineering-radar-backscatter
  • earth-science-vegetation-biosphere-plant-characteristics

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