Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-22T08:21:40Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 45 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EDM_SA_VEGETATION -85.0,-15.0,-30.0,15.0 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-04-12T04:00:00Z

This model product contains the source code for the Ecosystem Demography Model (ED version 1.0) as well as model input and output data for a portion of South America including the Brazilian Amazon. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BOREAS_TE6NPP -106.2,53.63,-97.34,56.0 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-10-22T04:00:00Z

The BOREAS TE-06 team collected several data sets to examine the influence of vegetation, climate, and their interactions on the major carbon fluxes for boreal forest species. This data set contains ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LC07_BIOMASS_LGRANDE -54.8426,-2.6825,-53.9509,-1.9991 2003-12-14T00:00:00Z 2004-12-04T00:00:00Z 2012-10-04T04:00:00Z

This data set reports measurements of aquatic macrophyte biomass, phenology, leaf characteristics, and length and diameter of stems of both submerged and unsubmerged macrophytes. Data were collected ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CD11_FOREST_DEGRADATION -54.95,-12.29,-47.04,-2.65 2001-07-15T00:00:00Z 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 2012-09-27T04:00:00Z

This data set reports the results of vegetation field surveys that measured tree height and diameter at breast height (DBH) in defined size classes at three study sites -- Santarem, Para; Paragominas, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FIFE_VEG_BIOP -96.61,38.98,-96.45,39.12 1987-05-26T00:00:00Z 1989-08-18T00:00:00Z 2012-08-31T04:00:00Z

The Biophysical Properties of the Vegetation Data Set were collected as part of the larger FIFE Science effort to characterize the physical and biological properties of the sites within the FIFE study ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LUYSSAERT_CARBON_FLUX -159.5,-42.87,172.75,67.36 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-10T04:00:00Z

A comprehensive global database has been assembled to quantify CO2 fluxes and pathways across different levels of integration (from photosynthesis up to net ecosystem production) in forest ecosystems. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CD09_SOILS_VEG_TAPAJOS -55.2094,-4.0478,-54.9081,-2.8381 1999-11-01T00:00:00Z 1999-11-29T00:00:00Z 2012-07-26T04:00:00Z

This data set reports the results of soil and vegetation surveys at four distinct areas within the Tapajos National Forest (TNF), 50 to 100 km south of Santarem, Para, Brazil, in November 1999. At ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CD10_BIOMETRY_TAPAJOS -54.959,-2.857,-54.959,-2.857 1999-07-01T00:00:00Z 2005-03-31T00:00:00Z 2012-07-25T04:00:00Z

This data sets reports biometry measurements of the old-growth upland forest at the Para Western km 67, Primary Forest Tower Site. This site is in the Tapajos National Forest located in north central ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CD10_DBH_TAPAJOS -54.959,-2.857,-54.959,-2.857 1999-07-10T00:00:00Z 2005-08-31T00:00:00Z 2012-07-25T04:00:00Z

This data sets reports diameter at breast height (DBH) measurements in the old-growth upland forest at the Para Western (Santarem) - km 67, Primary Forest Tower Site. This site is in the Tapajos National ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CD10_CWD_TAPAJOS -54.959,-2.857,-54.959,-2.857 2001-04-15T00:00:00Z 2001-07-15T00:00:00Z 2012-07-19T04:00:00Z

This data sets reports properties of fallen course woody debris in an old-growth upland forest at the Para Western (Santarem) - km 67, Primary Forest Tower Site. This site is in the Tapajos National ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CD10_LITTER_TAPAJOS -54.959,-2.857,-54.959,-2.857 2000-07-14T00:00:00Z 2005-06-11T00:00:00Z 2012-07-19T04:00:00Z

This data set reports litter type and mass in the old-growth upland forest at the Para Western (Santarem) - km 67, Primary Forest Tower Site. This site is in the Tapajos National Forest located in ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LBA-ECO_TG07_FSM -55.0,-3.1991,-54.9125,-2.848 2004-11-08T00:00:00Z 2004-11-18T00:00:00Z 2012-07-19T04:00:00Z

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., ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LC03_SAR_LC_BIOMASS -68.5008,-10.5014,-54.4989,-2.0017 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-06-18T00:00:00Z 2012-06-20T04:00:00Z

This data set provides three related land cover products for four study areas across the Brazilian Amazon: Manaus, Amazonas; Tapajos National Forest, Para Western (Santarem); Rio Branco, Acre; and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]model_biome_bgc_law -121.62,44.49,-121.62,44.49 2003-04-15T00:00:00Z 2003-04-15T00:00:00Z 2012-05-23T04:00:00Z

This archived model product contains the directions, executables, and procedures for running Biome-BGC, Version 4.1.2, to recreate the results of Law BE, Sun OJ, Campbell J, Van Tuyl S, Thornton PE, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]s2k_spot_veg_burn -18.0,-35.0,55.0,18.0 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-17T04:00:00Z

The Global Burned Area 2000 initiative (GBA2000) was launched by the Global Vegetation Mapping Unit of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, in partnership with several other institutions, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0187 -93.8,41.7,-93.2,42.7 2002-06-15T00:00:00Z 2002-07-09T00:00:00Z 2012-05-14T04:00:00Z

This data set contains the vegetation parameters stand density, plant height, phenological stage, ground cover, green and dry biomass, row spacing, stem and leaf water content, and leaf area index ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]s2k_plant_soil_c_n 19.17,-27.75,31.75,-14.42 1995-03-01T00:00:00Z 2000-03-28T00:00:00Z 2012-05-02T04:00:00Z

This data set contains measurements of the concentration and stable carbon (13C / 12C) and nitrogen (15N / 14N) isotope ratios of plant (leaves, roots and fungi) and soil samples from southern Africa. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]s2k_one_deg_biomass -18.0,-36.0,56.0,0.0 2000-08-01T00:00:00Z 2000-09-30T00:00:00Z 2012-04-17T04:00:00Z

A new method is used to generate spatial estimates of monthly averaged biomass burned area and spatial and temporal estimates of trace gas and aerosol emissions from open fires in southern Africa.Global ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]s2k_fuel_load 5.0,-34.9916,42.4915,10.0 1999-09-01T00:00:00Z 2000-08-31T00:00:00Z 2012-04-17T04:00:00Z

This data set contains global, spatially explicit (1 km2 grid cells) and temporally explicit (semi-monthly) modeled output of fuel loads over southern Africa. The fuel types considered in the data ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]s2k_pre_post_fire 24.8,-14.79,24.8,-14.79 2000-08-24T00:00:00Z 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z 2012-04-17T04:00:00Z

The main goal of this study was to analyze the possibility of estimating combustion completeness based on fire-induced spectral reflectance changes of surface features by the development of relationships ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]npp_woody_production -100.0,25.0,-60.0,50.0 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-03-15T04:00:00Z

Annual mean aboveground wood increments for both hardwood and softwood are provided for 1956 counties of the 28 eastern U.S. states based on the forest inventory data from 1960s to 1990s. Estimates ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ND04_C_NUTRIENT_STOCKS -60.03,-2.5716,-59.0,-2.0 2000-11-01T00:00:00Z 2001-07-15T00:00:00Z 2012-03-06T05:00:00Z

This data set reports the carbon and nutrient stocks of above-ground vegetation and soil pools at three locations where post-pasture secondary forest recovery ranged from 0 to 14 years since abandonment. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BOREAS_BIOMDENS -106.52,53.31,-104.19,54.44 1994-09-02T00:00:00Z 1994-09-02T00:00:00Z 2011-10-25T04:00:00Z

This biomass density image covers almost the entire BOREAS SSA. The pixels for which biomass density is computed include areas that are in conifer land cover classes only. The biomass density values ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LC05_BDFF_BIOMASS_SOILS -60.064,-2.333,-60.064,-2.333 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-05-05T00:00:00Z 2011-10-12T04:00:00Z

This data set reports (1) total aboveground dry biomass based on detailed estimates of all live and dead plant material, (2) results from repeated surveys of aboveground biomass allowing the calculation ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BOREAS_TE6ALLOM -106.2,53.59,-97.34,55.97 1994-08-01T00:00:00Z 1995-08-31T00:00:00Z 2011-08-22T04:00:00Z

The BOREAS TE-06 team collected several data sets in support of its efforts to characterize and interpret information on the plant biomass, allometry, biometry, sapwood, leaf area index, net primatry ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BOREAS_TE6BMFLG -106.2,53.59,-97.34,55.97 1994-06-12T00:00:00Z 1995-10-14T00:00:00Z 2011-08-22T04:00:00Z

The BOREAS TE-06 team collected several data sets in support of its efforts to characterize and interpret information on the plant biomass, allometry, biometry, sapwood, leaf area index, net primary ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FIFE_BIOMASS -96.59,39.07,-96.53,39.1 1987-05-28T00:00:00Z 1987-10-12T00:00:00Z 2011-05-23T04:00:00Z

The FIFE Standing Crop and Nitrogen Content Data Set contains biomass and nitrogen concentration data for live and dead above-ground plant material collected along transects in watersheds within the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FIFE_ROOT_BIO -96.61,38.98,-96.47,39.12 1987-06-01T00:00:00Z 1987-11-12T00:00:00Z 2011-05-20T04:00:00Z

The FIFE Root Biomass data were collected from 16 locations within the FIFE study area during the 1987 growing season. They provide a measure of the below-ground biomass for the study area. Biomass ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FIFE_LIGHTWND -96.61,38.98,-96.45,39.1 1988-06-29T00:00:00Z 1989-10-31T00:00:00Z 2011-04-01T04:00:00Z

The prairie is inherently variable and large numbers of samples are needed to obtain reliable estimates of the prairie agronomic characteristics. For the Indirect Leaf Area Index Obtained from the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FIFE_LEAF_ANG -96.63,39.13,-96.63,39.13 1987-06-09T00:00:00Z 1987-08-04T00:00:00Z 2011-04-01T04:00:00Z

The Leaf Angle Data Data Set contains leaf angle distributions (LAD) obtained during the 1987 growing season for ten types of plant canopies, from the Konza Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) area. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FIFE_MOW_BIOP -96.59,39.09,-96.52,39.12 1987-05-07T00:00:00Z 1987-10-28T00:00:00Z 2011-04-01T04:00:00Z

The Mowing Experiment Biophysical Measurements data set was collected to quantify the effects of grazing and nitrogen fertilization on primary productivity and plant chemistry. The data in this data ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FIFE_MOW_EXO -96.59,39.09,-96.54,39.1 1987-05-30T00:00:00Z 1987-10-13T00:00:00Z 2011-04-01T04:00:00Z

Light radiation striking a vegetative canopy interacts with individual phyto-elements (i.e., leaves, stems, branches) and the underlying substrate. The interaction depends on light quality, radiative ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FIFE_PLANTPRO -96.54,38.98,-96.47,39.12 1987-05-18T00:00:00Z 1987-10-13T00:00:00Z 2011-04-01T04:00:00Z

The focus of this study was to quantify the effects of foliage removal by cattle on plant net primary productivity (NPP). The Vegetation Biomass, Production and Consumption at Selected Sites Data ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0419 -110.67,29.94,-109.72,32.08 2004-07-20T00:00:00Z 2004-08-24T00:00:00Z 2011-03-08T05:00:00Z

Notice to Data Users: The documentation for this data set was provided solely by the Principal Investigator(s) and was not further developed, thoroughly reviewed, or edited by NSIDC. Thus, support ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LBA_ND02_THDBH -47.516,-2.983,-47.516,-2.983 1999-11-01T00:00:00Z 2005-07-31T00:00:00Z 2011-02-18T05:00:00Z

Understanding secondary successional processes in Amazonian terrestrial ecosystems is becoming increasingly important as continued deforestation expands the area that has become secondary forest, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ND11_ECOTONE_VEG -58.7597,-10.4249,-58.7597,-10.4249 2004-06-05T00:00:00Z 2004-07-20T00:00:00Z 2011-02-17T05:00:00Z

This data set reports the results of a vegetation survey along transects across the transition zones between the three major forest types in the seasonally dry forest of the southwestern Amazon Basin ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]s2k_kt_stem_map 19.17,-27.75,25.5,-14.42 1995-02-01T00:00:00Z 2000-03-16T00:00:00Z 2010-09-08T04:00:00Z

This data set provides species distribution, basal area, height, and crown cover of woody stems at 10 sites along the Kalahari Transect where a large gradient in both the mean and variation of annual ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]s2k_kt_trees 21.7096,-31.4969,25.4995,-15.4389 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z 2000-06-25T00:00:00Z 2010-09-08T04:00:00Z

This data set contains species composition, basal area, height, and crown cover of all woody plants at six sites along the Kalahari Transect visited in February-March of 2000 as part of SAFARI 2000. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]vemap2-annual_rslts -124.0,26.0,-66.0,50.0 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 2100-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-09-08T04:00:00Z

The Vegetation-Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) was a large, collaborative, multi-institutional, international effort whose goal was to evaluate the sensitivity of terrestrial ecosystem ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]vemap2_monthly_rslts -124.0,26.0,-66.0,50.0 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 2100-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-09-08T04:00:00Z

The Vegetation-Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) was a large, collaborative, multi-institutional, international effort whose goal was to evaluate the sensitivity of terrestrial ecosystem ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0348 -87.07,34.68,-85.78,35.16 2003-06-22T00:00:00Z 2003-07-01T00:00:00Z 2010-03-09T05:00:00Z

This data set includes data collected over the Soil Moisture Experiment 2003 (SMEX03) area of northern Alabama, USA between 22 June and 1 July 2003. The parameters measured were plant height, plant ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0298 -83.94,31.2,-83.43,31.82 2003-06-16T00:00:00Z 2003-07-21T00:00:00Z 2010-03-09T05:00:00Z

This data set includes data collected over the Soil Moisture Experiment 2003 (SMEX03) area of Georgia, USA between 16 June and 21 July 2003. The parameters measured were Leaf Area Index (LAI), Multispectral ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FIFE_LEAF_H2O -96.59,39.05,-96.54,39.09 1988-06-01T00:00:00Z 1989-08-12T00:00:00Z 2009-02-20T05:00:00Z

The Total Leaf Tissue Water Potential Data Set was collected during the summer months of 1988 and 1989. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of plant water status on surface ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]s2k_kt_veg_inv 21.709,-24.127,25.494,-18.66 2000-03-03T00:00:00Z 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z 2009-02-06T05:00:00Z

Vegetation cover and composition, including species types and richness assessments, were measured at four locations along the Kalahari Transect in Botswana (Pandamatenga, Maun, Okwa River, and Tshane) ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FIFE_LB_KSU -96.61,38.98,-96.45,39.1 1989-07-03T00:00:00Z 1989-10-31T00:00:00Z 2009-01-12T05:00:00Z

The purpose of the Leaf Area Index and PAR Determined from KSU Light Bar Measurements study was to collect extensive non-destructive measurements of Leaf Area Index (LAI) at the flux sites during ...