Imaging · collection · 2026
ABoVE: Ground-based Reflectance Spectra of Vegetation at Multiple Sites Across Alaska
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.3334/ornldaac/1980
This dataset includes ground-based reflectance spectra collected using a Spectral Evolution PSR+ spectroradiometer during July and August of 2018 and 2019 as part of the NASA Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE).
Description
Ground spectra provide high spectral resolution reference measurements for vegetation and surface targets that occur within or near UAV image footprints and across the broader ABoVE Domain in Alaska.
Scans were collected using either a leaf clip or contact probe fiber optic, both equipped with an internal tungsten halogen illumination source that minimizes ambient light contamination and provides a stable illumination geometry. The data are provided in comma separated values (CSV) format.
Links
Get the data
- Data set Landing Page DOI URL doi.org/10.3334/ornldaac/1980 ↗
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/AK_Veg_Reflectance_UAV_VNIR/comp/AK_Veg_Reflectan… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4261604079-ORNL_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Collection Bundle URL data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/protected/bundle/AK_Veg_Reflectance_UAV_VNIR_1980.zip ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- PNG daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/AK_Veg_Reflectance_UAV_VNIR_Fig1.png ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource above.nasa.gov ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search?q=AK_Veg_Reflectance_UAV_VNIR_1980&ac=true ↗
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download · from NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/above-ground-based-reflectance-spectra-of-vegetation-a… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4261604079-ORNL_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=625291a3-10ab-4635-a858-28619aee2… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4261604079-ORNL_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- FIELD SURVEYS · Infrared Wavelengths · SPECTRORADIOMETERS · Vegetation · Visible Wavelengths
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Atmospheric sciences 69% · Image 75%
Provenance · 2 source records, 22 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C4261604079-ORNL_CLOUD | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 625291a3-10ab-4635-a858-28619aee21d4 | 4 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3701 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (69%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:spectroradiometers | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/infrared-wavelengths | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/visible-wavelengths | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:field-surveys | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |