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    • SAFARI 2000 Woody Vegetation Characteristics of Kalahari and Skukuza Sites

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    This data set contains species composition, basal area, height, and crown cover of all woody plants at six sites along the Kalahari Transect visited in February-March of 2000 as part of SAFARI 2000. Similar measurements on woody and herbaceous vegetation at the Skukuza Flux Tower site in Kruger National Park, South Africa, were made in June of 2000. Leaf area index was derived from measurements made using PAR sensors at each site.Sampling protocol was the same at each site, with a slight variation at Skukuza. A grid of 42 points, 6 rows of 7 columns, each 50 m apart, was laid down in an area 300 m x 350 m for the Kalahari Transect sites. At Skukuza, the grid was 7x7, or 350 m x 350 m, centered on the tower site, yielding 49 points. At each grid point, all woody plants within a circular plot of a fixed radius were identified and measured. Stem circumference was measured on all stems and basal area per stem was derived. Basal area for the circular plots, per species, was calculated and extrapolated to hectares. Tree and stem densities were determined from the number of trees and stems in subplots and extrapolated to hectares. Woody plant height and canopy cover were determined, and aboveground woody biomass and peak leaf area index were estimated. The files are in comma-delimited ASCII format, with the first line listing the data set, author, and date, followed by the data records.

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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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    Metadata Created Date November 1, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 1, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2789101524-ORNL_CLOUD
    Data First Published 2023-10-18
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-10-24
    Category SAFARI 2000, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation Scholes, R.J. 2005. SAFARI 2000 Woody Vegetation Characteristics of Kalahari and Skukuza Sites. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/777
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/777
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial 21.71 -31.5 25.5 -15.44
    Program Code 026:001
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    Source Hash a2d9a394188e6584e782800649616078d3e764ac79aa1e5305571c9c34e4991f
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    Temporal 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z/2000-06-25T23:59:59Z

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