Dataset specification
- Title: BioBasis Nuuk - Vegetation - NERO line NDVI
- Description: The NERO line is a permanent vegetation transect crossing all the dominating vegetation types found in the study area. The progression in the vegetation greenness (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index; NDVI) is followed on the NERO line one to two times per month throughout the snowfree season. NDVI is measured by a Crop Circle Handheld System and scans are conducted by moving the sensor steadily forward (ca. 1 meter per second) approximately 75 cm above the vegetation. This results in a measuring footprint of approximately 10 x 45 m. For further details, please refer to the newest BioBasis manual available at the website. Vegetation:Vegetation BioBasis Nuuk:The BioBasis programme monitors the dynamics of organisms and biological processes in the terrestrial and limnic ecosystems at Zackenberg and Nuuk. The BioBasis programme plays a central role in the development and implementation of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme (CBMP) http://www.caff.is/monitoring across the Arctic.
- DOI: 10.17897/RE9T-H355 - https://doi.org/10.17897/RE9T-H355
- Location/site: NERO line - -51.38, 64.13 (lon-lat wgs84)
- Date span of the dataset: 2008-06-07 - 2016-09-15
Data originator, license and how to download the dataset
The dataset is a product of the Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring program (GEM): https://grid.ac/institutes/grid.507580.f. It is free and open data, licensed with terms of use under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ When downloading you will automatically get a terms of use document, describing how to cite the data and other important information.
Download the dataset via this link (registration needed): http://data.g-e-m.dk/log-in/data-tables?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355
Variables measured / columns in dataset
| ID | Name | Unit | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=Date | Date | Date | Date | Date of measurement |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=Longitude | Longitude | Decimal degrees | Number | Longtitude |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=Latitude | Latitude | Decimal degrees | Number | Latitude |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=Elevation | Elevation | M | Number | Antenna elevation parameter in meters |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=Fix+Type | Fix Type | Number | Number | 0: No fix, 1: GPS fix, 2: Differential fix |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=UTC+time | UTC time | Number | Number | UTC time at time of sampling |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=Speed | Speed | km/h | Number | Field worker walking speed at time of sampling (km/h) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=Course | Course | Number | Number | Course |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=SF+1 | SF 1 | Number | Number | Sensor elapsed time |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=SF+2 | SF 2 | Number | Number | Sensor mode |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=SF+3 | SF 3 | Number | Number | Internal sample number |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=SF+4 | SF 4 | Number | Number | NDVI (Normalized difference vegetative index) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=SF+5 | SF 5 | Number | Number | NIR (near infrared band reflectance) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=SF+6 | SF 6 | Number | Number | VIS (visible band reflectance) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=Remarks | Remarks | Text | Text | Remarks from the field observer(s) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/RE9T-H355&column=Observer | Observer | Text | Text | Name or abbreviation of field worker(s) |