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B. HARVARD FOREST ON-LINE DATASETS
1. List of On-line Data Sets
The following data sets are currently available on the Harvard Forest web page (see http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/data/archive.html). Starting dates for active projects begun before 1992 are indicated in brackets. Recent projects for which complete data are not yet posted are marked with an asterisk.
Atmospheric Exchange & Biogeochemical Cycling
Climatology & Phenology
Experimental Manipulations
Forest Dynamics & Land-Use History
Hurricane Studies
Long-term Plots
Models & Software
Paleoecology
Physiological Ecology
Species Lists
Wildlife Studies
2. Use of On-line Data Sets
At the present time, downloading of Harvard Forest data sets is not recorded electronically, and prospective users (though encouraged) are not required to notify us of their intended or actual use of our data. We are able to track some uses through the questions and acknowledgements that we receive. Several projects also actively submit their data to regional and national databases. Below are examples of use of our on-line data by other scientists.
- Environmental Measurement Site. Data from the EMS project are ntegrated into the NIGEC and AmeriFlux data systems via hot links at the CDIAC and NIGEC web sites. There have been hundreds of hits and several modeling papers using these data. The data structure has been adapted for widespread use in the AmeriFlux network. The Harvard Forest EMS site and data set were also a component of the NARSTO-NE regional air quality study sponsored by a consortium of EPA, state agencies and industry.
- N-Saturation Data. Foliary chemistry, soil chemistry, litter decomposition, and PnET-predicted N deposition data have been downloaded and used by scientists from NIWOT LTER, Inst. Of Arctic Biology, Syracuse University, Marshall University, and Mt. Holyoke College; and a joint publication is in review with scientists from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
- Climate Data. The Harvard Forest climate data set has been used in numerous modeling studies and is probably the most frequently downloaded data set. Recently we prepared and submitted our data for inclusion in the LTER Network ClimDB project (http://sql.lternet.edu/climdb/climdb.html), which provides tools for data selection and reduction.
- Pollen Data. Pollen data sets from several projects (Datasets HF026, HF027, HF029) have been submitted to the North American Pollen Database (http://www.museum.state.il.us/research/napd/), where they are easily accessible to other paleoecologists and have been used by many European and North American scientists. For example the IGBP Biome 300 project will continue to use these and other historical data regularly
- Models & Software. Numerous acknowledgments have been received for the Interpnt and Expos programs, along with some requests for source code.
- There has been wide international use of results and data from the DIRT and Soil Warming Experiments.
In addition the following data sets, recently posted, are expected to attract users in the coming year: Phenology of Woody Species (10-year record), North Quabbin Timber Harvesting Study (15-year record), and various long-term Mapped Tree Plots(HF031, HF032, HF036, HF002).
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