The Boreal Ecosystem - Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) was an intensive remote-sensing and field study in the boreal forests of central Canada during the years 1993 to 1996. BOREAS investigated exchanges of energy, water, heat, CO2, and trace gases between the boreal forest and the atmosphere.

The project is described in the ORNL DAAC's BOREAS Campaign Document.

Continue your exploration of BOREAS using the following on-line resources:

• BOREAS Data Set Documents
• BOREAS Bibliography
• BOREAS Photo Gallery
• Archived Web site
  (Notice: this is an unmaintained snapshot of a 1999 BOREAS Project Web site before it was taken offline. Please be advised that many links no longer work.)

Find and order data sets:

• See list of data sets
• Browse by attributes

Obtain project CD-ROMs:

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• Make your own CD-ROMs

Download data sets directly:

• FTP site

The largest of the land biomes is the boreal, or Taiga biome. Taiga (its Russian name) biomes can be found in areas with shorter, warm summers and long winters; there are Taiga biomes in Europe, Asia, Siberia, and North-America. Because of the cold climates, plant life in the boreal forest is sturdy, consisting mainly of evergreens and other resilient vegetation.

The BOREAS Follow-On Project extended and built upon BOREAS. A common set of existing BOREAS in situ and remote-sensing data from the period 1993-1996 was compiled at point, study area, and regional scales for use by Follow-On investigators. In addition, new data were compiled for the period 1997-1998, and selected historical data from as early as 1945 were added.