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Leaf Area Indices During the Forest Ecosystem Dynamics - Multisensor Aircraft Campaign

Entry ID: FEDMAC_LAI

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Summary

Abstract: Forest Ecosystem Dynamics Multisensor Airborne Campaign (FED MAC):
Leaf Area Indices

The Biospheric Sciences Branch (formerly Earth Resources Branch)
within the Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics at NASA's Goddard Space
Flight Center and associated University investigators are involved in
a research program entitled Forest Ecosystem Dynamics (FED) which is
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Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 45.0

S: 45.0

E: -68.0

W: -68.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: William T. Lawrence

Dataset Title: Leaf Area Indices

Dataset Series Name: FED MAC Home Page

Dataset Release Place: NASA/GSFC

Dataset Publisher: NASA/GSFC

Data Presentation Form: ASCII Tables

Online Resource: http://forest.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1990-07-12

Stop Date: 1990-09-13

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MAINE

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > LEAF CHARACTERISTICS > LEAF AREA INDEX

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > PLANT CHARACTERISTICS

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION SPECIES

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

Project

FED MAC > Forest Ecosystem Dynamics Multisensor Airborne Campaign

Ancillary Keywords

FED MAC

HEMLOCK

LAI

SPRUCE

Originating Center

NASA/GSFC/FED

Data Center

Forest Ecosystem Dynamics Project, Biospheric Sciences Branch, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://forest.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: BRUCE COOK Email: bruce.cook at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Mailstop 614.4 City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: WWW

Distribution Format: ASCII

Fees: Free

Personnel

WILLIAM T. LAWRENCE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: 301-405-6809

Email: blawrence at glue.umd.edu

Contact Address:

Department of Geography

University of Maryland

City: College Park

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20724

Country: USA

TYLER B. STEVENS

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (301) 614-6898

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

Walthall, C.L., M. Kim, D.L. Williams, B.W. Meeson, P.A. Agbu,
J.A. Newcomer, and E.L. Levine. 1993. Data sets for modeling: a
retrospective collection of bidirectional reflectance and forest
ecosystem dynamics multisensor aircraft campaign data sets. Remote
Sensing of Environment; 46:340-346.

Lawrence, W.T., D.L. Williams, K.J. Ranson, J.R. Irons, and
C.L. Walthall, 1994. Comparative analysis of data acquired by three
narrow-band airborne spectro-radiometers over sub-boreal
vegetation. Remote Sensing of Environment; 47:204-215.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-05-05

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