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LBA-ECO TG-07 FOREST STRUCTURE MEASUREMENTS FOR GLAS VALIDATION: SANTAREM 2004

Entry ID: LBA-ECO_TG07_FSM

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Summary

Abstract: This data set provides the results of a GLAS (the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System) forest structure validation survey conducted in Santarem and Sao Jorge, Para during November 2004 (Lefsky et al., 2005). DBH, total height, commercial height, canopy width and canopy class description were measured for 11 primary forest sites in Santarem along two 75m transects per GLAS measurement. For 10 ...

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Description: LBA-ECO TG-07 FOREST STRUCTURE MEASUREMENTS FOR GLAS VALIDATION: SANTAREM 2004

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -2.85

S: -3.2

E: -54.91

W: -55.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: CAMARGO, P.C.D.ESPIRITO-SANTO, F.D.B.HUNTER, M.O.KELLER, M.M.OLIVEIRA, R.C.D.

Dataset Title: LBA-ECO TG-07 FOREST STRUCTURE MEASUREMENTS FOR GLAS VALIDATION: SANTAREM 2004

Dataset Release Date: 2007

Dataset Release Place: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Presentation Form: Online Files

Dataset DOI: doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/836

Online Resource: http://mercury.ornl.gov/ornldaac/send/query?term2=836&term2attribut...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2004-11-08

Stop Date: 2004-11-18

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA > BRAZIL

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > FORESTS

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > CANOPY CHARACTERISTICS

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > FOREST COMPOSITION/VEGETATION STRUCTURE

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

Platform

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Instrument

CLINOMETERS

STEEL MEASURING TAPE

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

LBA-ECO > NASA's Component of the Large-scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia

Ancillary Keywords

DBH

BIOMASS

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC)

Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 836

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE Phone: (865) 574-7447 Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov Contact Address: ORNL DAAC User Services Office Oak Ridge National Laboratory City: Oak Ridge Province or State: TN Postal Code: 37831-6407 Country: USA