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SMEX03 Vegetation Data: Alabama

Entry ID: NSIDC-0348

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Summary

Abstract: 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 stand density, phenology, wet biomass, dry biomass, row spacing, and row direction. Data were collected at crop, pasture, and forested sites. Those sites are part of the Alabama MesoNet (ALMNet), which ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 35.16

S: 34.68

E: -85.78

W: -87.07

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Tommy Coleman, Teferi Tsegaye, Robert Metzl, and Marius Schamschula

Dataset Title: SMEX03 Vegetation Data: Alabama

Dataset Series Name: SMEX

Dataset Release Date: 2008-09-24

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO USA

Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)

Data Presentation Form: Digital media

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0348.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2003-06-22

Stop Date: 2003-07-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ALABAMA

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > BIOMASS

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > PLANT CHARACTERISTICS

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION COVER

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > PLANT PHENOLOGY

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

ENVIRONMENT

Platform

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

Instrument

VISUAL OBSERVATIONS

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

SMEX03 > Soil Moisture Experiments in 2003

Ancillary Keywords

AMSR-E

Biomass

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

NSIDC_DAAC

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC DAAC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 22 KB

Distribution Format: ASCII text

Fees: None

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 67 KB

Distribution Format: Microsoft Excel

Fees: None

Personnel

TOMMY COLEMAN

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Contact Address:

Alabama A&M University

City: Huntsville

Province or State: AL

Country: USA

Publications/References

Please visit the USDA SMEX03 Web site (http://hydrolab.arsusda.gov/smex03/) for in-depth information on the science mission and goal of the SMEX project.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2008-08-27

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-03-09

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