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PhenoCam Images and Canopy Phenology at the Harvard Forest LPH Tower 2010-2021

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  • hf414-01: Little Prospect Hill Tower images

Overview

  • Lead: Andrew Richardson
  • Investigators: William Munger
  • Contact: Information Manager
  • Start date: 2010
  • End date: 2021
  • Status: complete
  • Location: Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest)
  • Latitude: +42.542 degrees
  • Longitude: -72.185 degrees
  • Elevation: 380 meter
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Taxa:
  • Release date: 2023
  • Language: English
  • EML file: knb-lter-hfr.414.2
  • DOI: digital object identifier
  • EDI: data package
  • DataONE: data package
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  • Study type: long-term measurement
  • Research topic: ecological informatics and modelling; forest-atmosphere exchange; physiological ecology, population dynamics and species interactions; regional studies
  • LTER core area: primary production, population studies
  • Keywords: canopies, imagery, leaves, phenology, remote sensing
  • Abstract:

    The PhenoCam Network uses imagery from digital cameras to track vegetation phenology and seasonal changes in vegetation activity in diverse ecosystems across North America and around the world. Imagery is uploaded to the PhenoCam server at the University of New Hampshire, where it is made publicly available in near-real time, every 30 minutes from sunrise to sunset, 365 days a year.

    The data are processed using simple image analysis tools to yield a measure of canopy greenness, from which phenological metrics are extracted, characterizing the start and end of the growing season. These transition dates have been shown to align well with on-the-ground observations of tree phenology at Harvard Forest (HF003). Long-term PhenoCam data can be used to track the impact of climate variability and change on the rhythm of the seasons.

    This dataset contains one mid-day image for each camera. Please see the PhenoCam Network website (https://phenocam.nau.edu/webcam/) for more information and additional images.

  • Methods:

    A webcam at this location recorded images at 30-minute intervals during daylight hours. These images were then uploaded to the project archive at the University of New Hampshire.

    The camera was mounted on the Little Prospect Hill Tower at a height of 30 meters with a view toward the northwest.

  • Organization: Harvard Forest. 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA 01366, USA. Phone (978) 724-3302. Fax (978) 724-3595.

  • Project: The Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program examines ecological dynamics in the New England region resulting from natural disturbances, environmental change, and human impacts. (ROR).

  • Funding: National Science Foundation LTER grants: DEB-8811764, DEB-9411975, DEB-0080592, DEB-0620443, DEB-1237491, DEB-1832210.

  • Use: This dataset is released to the public under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 (No Rights Reserved). Please keep the dataset creators informed of any plans to use the dataset. Consultation with the original investigators is strongly encouraged. Publications and data products that make use of the dataset should include proper acknowledgement.

  • License: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (CC0-1.0)

  • Citation: Richardson A. 2023. PhenoCam Images and Canopy Phenology at the Harvard Forest LPH Tower 2010-2021. Harvard Forest Data Archive: HF414 (v.2). Environmental Data Initiative: https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/48d52260ea97c74b8f02ccc303be46a7.

Detailed Metadata

hf414-01: Little Prospect Hill Tower images

  • Compression: zip
  • Format: jpeg
  • Type: image