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    • Root Biomass Data (FIFE)

    Metadata Updated: February 5, 2026

    The FIFE Root Biomass data were collected from 16 locations within the FIFE study area during the 1987 growing season. They provide a measure of the below-ground biomass for the study area. Biomass reported as grams per square m assumes that the depth of the core samples is sufficient to include all root biomass under the surface to an infinite depth. Prairie vegetation does possess roots deeper than the 20 cm coring, however, the fraction of total root biomass below 20 cm is minuscule and safely ignored in a study of biomass.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 5, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 5, 2026
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/75
    Data Last Modified 2026-02-03
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 0f26fdf9-3c34-4fb2-9e14-1d608dfd09a9
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=fife_biology_root_bio_75&ac=true
    Old Spatial {"WestBoundingCoordinate":-96.61,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":39.12,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-96.47,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":38.98},"CARTESIAN"
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash f1a7ac409175886f9d4b2773105cb3e04a884b9bd4b603c0ee446e5f3b774aac
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1987-06-01/1987-06-01

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