NACP Site: Terrestrial Biosphere Model and Aggregated Flux Data in Standard Format

Description

This data set provides standardized output variables for gross primary productivity (GPP), net ecosystem exchange (NEE), leaf area index (LAI), ecosystem respiration (Re), latent heat flux (LE), and sensible heat flux (H) from 24 terrestrial biosphere models for 47 eddy covariance flux tower sites in North America. Each model used standardized input data for each flux tower site (i.e., gap-filled, locally observed weather; land use history; and other site specific data) and followed standard model setup and spinup procedures. The files also contain gap-filled observations and total uncertainty estimates. The data set was compiled for the North American Carbon Program (NACP) Site-Level Synthesis for use in model inter-comparison and assessment of how well the models simulate carbon processes across vegetation types and environmental conditions in North America. There is one compressed (.zip) file with this data set. When expanded, the .zip file contains model output data for one variable at one site. The model output and observations are available at the native half-hourly time step, or in daily, monthly, and annual aggregations, in comma-separated text (.csv) format.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
57 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/nacp/NACP_Site_Model_Flux_Std_Fmt/comp/figures.zip
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/nacp/NACP_Site_Model_Flux_Std_Fmt/comp/figures_readme.pdf
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/nacp/NACP_Site_Model_Flux_Std_Fmt/comp/NACP_Site_Model_Flux_Std_Fmt.pdf
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/nacp/NACP_Site_Model_Flux_Std_Fmt/comp/NACP_uncertainty_analysis.pdf
8 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/nacp/NACP_Site_Model_Flux_Std_Fmt/comp/site_location_summary.csv
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/nacp/NACP_Site_Model_Flux_Std_Fmt/comp/site_synthesis_protocol_v7.pdf
34 Browse Image https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/project/square/nacp_logo_square.png
8 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/nacp/NACP_Site_Model_Flux_Std_Fmt/comp/site_information_basic.csv
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/nacp/NACP_Site_Model_Flux_Std_Fmt/comp/Richardson_gap_filling_2009.pdf
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/nacp/NACP_Site_Model_Flux_Std_Fmt/
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/NACP/guides/NACP_Site_Model_Flux_Std_Fmt.html
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F1183
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1183
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/nacp/NACP_Site_Model_Flux_Std_Fmt/comp/site_information_extended.pdf

Tags

  • ecosystems
  • biosphere
  • vegetation
  • ecological-dynamics
  • earth-science

Topics

  • Climate

Categories

  • Ecosystem Vulnerability
  • Carbon Balance