SAFARI 2000 Leaf Area Index and Canopy Structure, Kalahari Transect, 1999-2000

Description

Data from the Tracing Radiation and Architecture of Canopies (TRAC) instrument were collected at five sites along the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) Kalahari Transect, including Mongu in Zambia and Pandamatenga, Maun, Okwa River Crossing, and Tshane in Botswana, during the 2000 wet season field campaign (March-April) of SAFARI 2000. At the Mongu site, TRAC measurements began in August of 1999 and continued beyond the 2000 wet season field campaign, about every month for the rest of 2000. The TRAC instrument contains pyranometers that are sensitive to photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) at 400-700 nm. The TRAC measures the PAR flux transmitted through the overstory canopy continuously at 32 Hz. The parameters derived from the TRAC instrument include estimates of plant or leaf area index (PAI, LAI), overstory gap fraction, and clumping index.

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Name Format Description Link
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/S2K/guides/kt_lai_trac.html
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F771
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/safari2k/field_campaign/kt_lai_trac/
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/771
21 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/safari2k/field_campaign/kt_lai_trac/comp/GPS_Coords_transect_endpts.txt
34 Browse Image https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/project/square/safari_logo_square.png
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/safari2k/field_campaign/kt_lai_trac/comp/kt_lai_trac_readme.pdf

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  • atmospheric-radiation
  • biosphere
  • atmosphere
  • vegetation
  • earth-science

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