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The ORNL DAAC announces the release of "TransCom3: Annual Mean CO₂ Flux Estimates from Atmospheric Inversion (Level 1)", prepared by K.R. Gurney and A.S. Denning.

The ORNL DAAC announces the release of four data sets associated with the Pre-LBA data compilation component of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA), which focused on providing data collected in Amazonia during the 20 years prior to 1998. These data were originally distributed on a three volume CDROM set, but are now being archived as 12 individual data sets.

The first four available data sets in this series contain micrometeorological data:

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) funded by NASA is pleased to present the Summer 2008 issue of the ORNL DAAC Newsletter. This semiannual newsletter contains announcements of new LBA data sets, WebGIS, and other services being offered to the public as well as news of other happenings and events. We welcome feedback. Send comments and suggestions to ornldaac@daac.ornl.gov.

The ORNL DAAC announces the release of "BigFoot Field Data for North American Sites, 1999-2003".

This data set reports measurements of fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR), nitrogen content, allometric equations, root biomass, leaf area index (LAI), tree biomass, soil respiration, and net primary productivity (NPP) field data in comma-separated ASCII files for selected EOS Land Validation Sites in North America from 1999 to 2003. Additionally, derived landcover images and vegetation inventories are provided in GEOTIFF format.