BOREAS

1993-1996
Canada

The Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) was initiated as a large-scale international investigation focused on improving our understanding of the exchange of radiative energy, sensible heat, water, CO₂, and other radiative active trace gases between the boreal forest and the lower atmosphere. A primary objective of BOREAS was to collect the data needed to improve computer simulation models of the important processes controlling these exchanges so that the effects of global change on the biome can be anticipated, in particular the effects of altered temperature and precipitation, as well as providing AGCMs with better land surface process submodels and data sets for the boreal zone. The field phase of the experiment extended from 1993 to 1996. The experiment region covers an area of roughly 1000 km x 1000 km in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada. There are two areas embedded within the region which are the foci of satellite and airborne remote sensing studies, airborne flux measurements, and mesoscale modeling. The Southern Study Area (SSA) is located north of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and the Northern Study Area (NSA) is west of Thompson, Manitoba.

MMM Participants: Jielun Sun (jsun@ucar.edu); Steve Oncley (oncley@ucar.edu); Don Lenschow (lenschow@ucar.edu)

http://blg.oce.orst.edu/boreas

http://boreas.gsfc.nasa.gov/BOREAS/BOREAS_Home.html