EDI Staging Environment
Data was collected to determine response of vegetation to underground explosions that occurred in the late 1980s. All samples were collected from the vicinity of the BARNWELL and DISKO ELM test sites of the Nevada National Security Site. Samples were collected from 2017-2018. Soil chemistry was derived from plant root simulator (PRS) probes manufactured by Western Ag Innovations Inc., in Saskatoon; tree ring samples were collected from increment borers; vegetation transect information was collected in the field using transects and quadrants and species were also collected and photographs taken for identification at a later time; soil bulk density samples were collected with a metal cylinder of known volume, weighted, oven-dried and re-weighted to obtain both the wet and dry weight; hyperspectral reflectance data were collected form the foliage of piñon pine tree species using a hyperspectral camera (FieldSpec 4, Analytical Spectral Devices, Inc (ASD)).
More information on sample collection and processing is available in the manuscript that has been accepted for publication:
Solander, K.C., Collins, A.D., Swanson, E., Margolis, E.Q., Crawford, B., Miller, E. Chen, M., Lavadie-Bulnes, A., Ryan, M., Borrego, I., Sevanto, S., Schultz-Fellenz, E., 2021, Investigating vegetation responses to underground nuclear explosions through integrated analysis, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci. (accepted).
EDI is a collaboration between the University of New Mexico and the University of Wisconsin – Madison, Center for Limnology:
