Imaging · collection · 2026
Foliar Trait and Spectroscopy Data, Greater Cape Floristic Region, South Africa
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.3334/ornldaac/2482
This dataset holds foliar trait measurements, species-level life history traits, visible-near infrared (VNIR) spectroscopy, and vegetation survey data for plant communities within the Greater Cape Floristic Region (GCFR) of South Africa.
Description
Foliar traits measurements were made between 2010 and 2014. Releve surveys data include plots from 1966 to 2014.
Trait collection efforts extended over 5.8% of the GCFR's total area, where measurements were made for 1,327 species from 99 families. The trait dataset comprises 135,325 leaf and twig structural measurements, 7,513 canopy measurements and 11,950 elemental/isotopic measurements. The spectroscopy dataset contains 3,205 VNIR spectral measurements (450-949 nm) of 1,181 species from 96 families.
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These data contribute to research initiatives such as the Biodiversity Survey of the Cape (BioSCape) project and help understand this ecosystem from a trait-based perspective. 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/2482 ↗
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/bioscape/BioSCape_foliar_trait_spec/comp/BioSCape_folia… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4034122773-ORNL_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search?q=BioSCape_foliar_trait_spec_2482&ac=true ↗
Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data.
download · from NASA CMR
- Collection Bundle URL data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/protected/bundle/BioSCape_foliar_trait_spec_2482.zip ↗
download · from NASA CMR
- JPEG daac.ornl.gov/BIOSCAPE/guides/BioSCape_foliar_trait_spec_Fig1.jpg ↗
download · preview image · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- Resource bioscape.io ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/foliar-trait-and-spectroscopy-data-greater-cape-floris… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=60bc8e99-8049-463a-ba12-11c123d9a… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4034122773-ORNL_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C4034122773-ORNL_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Canopy Characteristics · FIELD INVESTIGATION · LABORATORY · Leaf Characteristics · MASS SPECTROMETERS · Plant Characteristics · Reflected Infrared · Shrubland/Scrub · SPECTROMETERS · Vegetation Species · Vegetation Water Content · Visible Wavelengths
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Engineering · Life Sciences · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
Provenance · 2 source records, 28 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C4034122773-ORNL_CLOUD | 10 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 60bc8e99-8049-463a-ba12-11c123d9a6a8 | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| 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:life-sciences | 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:mass-spectrometers | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:spectrometers | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecosystems/terrestrial-ecosystems/shrubland-scrub | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/canopy-characteristics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/leaf-characteristics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/plant-characteristics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/plant-characteristics/vegetation-water-content | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/vegetation/vegetation-species | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/spectral-engineering/infrared-wavelengths/reflected-infrared | 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[platform].gcmd_platform:field-investigation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:laboratory | 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 |