
Overview
An inventory of NASA's airborne and field campaigns for Earth Science
chem_26
Canopy characteristics: leaf chemistry, specific leaf area, LAI, PAR, IPAR, NPP, and standing biomass.
model_36
Steve Running's Forest-BGC Model
lai_45
LAI estimates computed from unweighted openness by the canopy program from digitized canopy photographs.
spectra_licor_47
The variability of bi-directional spectral reflectance of cut conifer foilage between age classes, species and sites measured by LICOR.
spectra_perkin_48
Absolute reflectance of leaves measured in the lab by Perkin-Elmer spectrophotometer to aid in understanding remotely sensed spectral data.
meteo_50
Meteorology data collected on an hourly basis from stations located near the OTTER sites in 1990 and summarized to monthly data.
airsunp_61
Airborne sun photometer data collected from 1990 through 1991 used to provide quantitative atmospheric correction to remotely sensed data of forest reflectance and radiance.
fieldsunp_65
Field sun photometer data collected from 1990 through 1991 is used to provide quantitative atmospheric correction to remotely sensed data of forest reflectance and radiance.
spectra_target_74
Spectral reflectance measurements of flat field targets as reference points representative of psuedo-invariant targets as measured by the Spectron SE590 spectrophotometer.
spectra_se590_field_80
Spectral reflectance measurements made by Spectron SE590 instruments in the context of validation of geometric-optical BRDF models.
spectra_se590_lab_83
Laboratory hemispherical reflectance spectra measurements taken to eliminate the effects of atmosphere, understory, exposed soils, mixed species and canopy architecture.
spectra_se590_landscape_84
Bidirectional spectral reflectance factors of landscape elements (litter, scrubs and grasses, leaves) measured by the Spectron SE590 spectroradiometer.
spectra_se590_altitude_86
Low altitude (Ultralight) spectral reflectances of OTTER research sites measured by Spectron SE590 spectrophotometer.
timber_125
Height, crown width, DBH, and height-to-crown distance collected using variable-radius plot sampling with a steel tape and a hand held compass to locate points along a transect.
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- Description
- chem_26 v1 - Canopy characteristics: leaf chemistry, specific leaf area, LAI, PAR, IPAR, NPP, and standing biomass.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/chem/data
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/chem/data/
- Description
- model_36 v1 - Steve Running's Forest-BGC Model.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/model/data
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/model/data/
- Description
- lai_45 v1 - LAI estimates computed from unweighted openness by the canopy program from digitized canopy photographs.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/lai/data
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/lai/data/
- Description
- spectra_licor_47 v1 - The variability of bi-directional spectral reflectance of cut conifer foilage between age classes, species and sites measured by LICOR.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/spectra_licor/data
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/spectra_licor/data/
- Description
- spectra_perkin_48 v1 - Absolute reflectance of leaves measured in the lab by Perkin-Elmer spectrophotometer to aid in understanding remotely sensed spectral data.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/spectra_perkin/data
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/spectra_perkin/data/
- Description
- meteo_50 v1 - Meteorology data collected on an hourly basis from stations located near the OTTER sites in 1990 and summarized to monthly data.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/meteo/data
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/meteo/data/
- Description
- airsunp_61 v1 - Airborne sun photometer data collected from 1990 through 1991 used to provide quantitative atmospheric correction to remotely sensed data of forest reflectance and radiance.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/airsunp/data
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/airsunp/data/
- Description
- fieldsunp_65 v1 - Field sun photometer data collected from 1990 through 1991 is used to provide quantitative atmospheric correction to remotely sensed data of forest reflectance and radiance.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/fieldsunp/data
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/fieldsunp/data/
- Description
- spectra_target_74 v1 - Spectral reflectance measurements of flat field targets as reference points representative of psuedo-invariant targets as measured by the Spectron SE590 spectrophotometer.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/spectra_target/data
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/spectra_target/data/
- Description
- spectra_se590_field_80 v1 - Spectral reflectance measurements made by Spectron SE590 instruments in the context of validation of geometric-optical BRDF models.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/spectra_se590_field/data
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/spectra_se590_field/data/
- Description
- spectra_se590_lab_83 v1 - Laboratory hemispherical reflectance spectra measurements taken to eliminate the effects of atmosphere, understory, exposed soils, mixed species and canopy architecture.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/spectra_se590_lab/data
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/spectra_se590_lab/data/
- Description
- spectra_se590_landscape_84 v1 - Bidirectional spectral reflectance factors of landscape elements (litter, scrubs and grasses, leaves) measured by the Spectron SE590 spectroradiometer.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/spectra_se590_landscape/data
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/spectra_se590_landscape/data/
- Description
- spectra_se590_altitude_86 v1 - Low altitude (Ultralight) spectral reflectances of OTTER research sites measured by Spectron SE590 spectrophotometer.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/spectra_se590_altitude/data
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/spectra_se590_altitude/data/
- Description
- timber_125 v1 - Height, crown width, DBH, and height-to-crown distance collected using variable-radius plot sampling with a steel tape and a hand held compass to locate points along a transect.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/timber/data
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://ornl-cumulus-prod-protected/otter/timber/data/
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