HF Calibration Activity Metadata

This page provides links to metadata documents and related information. To obtain data, contact the data provider(s) directly.

Photo and Video Gallery for Community Use

• Now located on HF Calibration Activity Page

Participant List

• List of Participants with Titles, Affiliations, and email addresses
  • Participant List (.pdf)
  • Participant List (.xlsx)

Metadata Document Template

• Template for Metadata Describing Datasets
  • Metadata Template (.pdf)
  • Metadata Template (.docx)

Spectral Measurements of Leaves and Bark using the ASD Spectrometer

• Data for Mark 19 June 2019
  • ASD Spectra and Photos Zipped
  • Bark Sample Photos Zipped
• Spectral Measurements Metadata Document
• Ancillary Data
  • Photos of Bark Samples (zipped file)
  • Photos of Conifer Leaf Apertures for Light Gap Measurement (zipped file)
  • Leaf Reflectance-Transmittance Notes
  • Strahler, Alan, 2014, Measuring leaf spectra using the ASD field spectrometer plant probe with leaf clip,V.2.2,  Boston University GG502 Teaching Document, 8 pp.

Bucket Lift Plot Tree Structure Measurements

• Lift Plot Tree Structure Measurements Metadata Document
• Ancillary Data
  • Lift Plot Protocol Notes

Leaf-Off Scanning by UNAVCO, April, 2017

• UNAVCO Leaf-Off Scans April 2017 Metadata Document (to come)
•  Leaf-Off Point Clouds and Models of Destructively Sampled Trees Metadata Document

Other Useful Information

• Site Description Materials
  • • Final All Downed Trees Map, Main Plot
    • Tree Status and Attribute Spreadsheet (.xlsx)
      • status_code
        • 1 = no change
        • 2 = harvested and weighed
        • 3 = downed and not weighed
• Destructive Sampling Protocols
  • University of Maine (Jereme Frank)
    • Biomass Sampling Protocol – ME-FIA Study Plan – Feb 2017
    • UMe – MSU Metrics Comparison Feb 28 2017
  • Virginia Tech (Phil Radtke)
    • TLS Destructive Sample Notes March 20, 2017
    • In-place destructive tree sampling for TLS model testing & validation (Aug 2 2017)
  • Michigan State University (Dave MacFarlane)
    • MacFarlane_MSU_FIA_project_tree biomass field procedures updated Feb 23 2017
    • Michigan State University Tree Biomass Sampling Protocol (Order + Strata) Jun 19 2017

Presentations and Publications

• Suggested citations to include:
  • Partially supported by US National Science Foundation grant DBI-1455636.
  • We gratefully acknowledge the help and support in data acquisition of the Harvard Forest, Harvard University, with support from US National Science Foundation LTER program (DEB-1237491).
• If using leaf-off UNAVCO data, please include this statement:
  • This work is based on data, equipment, and services provided by the UNAVCO Facility with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under NSF Cooperative Agreement No. EAR-0735156.