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    • Winter cover crop biomass sampling at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, 2019-2021, with corresponding Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 derived indices and metrics

    Metadata Updated: October 29, 2025

    This data release contains in situ biomass samples collected from cereal grain winter cover crop fields at the USDA-ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD, in the winters of 2019-20 and 2020-21. It also contains corresponding spectral reflectance and radar data acquired from the Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-1 satellite platforms on dates proximal to the biomass collection. Data are contained in a single csv file titled "BARC_2019-2021_WCC_dataset"

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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 September 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 29, 2025

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    Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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    Metadata Created Date September 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 29, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
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    Data Last Modified 2022-05-19T00:00:00Z
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