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  • Leaf angle measurements for temperate tree species in northeastern USA
  • Hastings, Jack H; University of New Hampshire
    Baillargeon, Kaitlyn; University of New Hampshire
    Ouimette, Andrew P; Ecologist; USDA Forest Service
    Ollinger, Scott V; University of New Hampshire
  • 2023-01-27
  • Hastings, J.H., K. Baillargeon, A.P. Ouimette, and S.V. Ollinger. 2023. Leaf angle measurements for temperate tree species in northeastern USA ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/DOI_PLACE_HOLDER (Accessed 2024-12-27).

  • Leaf angle distribution (LAD) measurements were made during the growing season in 2021 at the Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA, USA, and in 2022 at the Thompson Farm Earth Systems Observatory in Durham, NH, USA. At both sites, a level-calibrated digital angle tool was used to measure LAD in upper canopy foliage of common northeastern temperate tree species accessed using a mobile canopy lift. Additionally, at Thompson Farm, measurements were made at multiple heights to characterize differences of LAD in high, middle, and low canopy positions. Here, we have published a summary table of species average leaf angles and calculated parameters for fitted beta distributions. Raw leaf angle measurements and processing scripts can be made available upon request to the authors. Additionally, leaf chemical, physical, structure, optical and physiological traits have been measured at these site as well as canopy scale measures of structure and UAV-based spectral, thermal, and lidar imagery.

  • Geographic Coordinates
    • N: 43.108474, S: 43.108474, E: -70.952246, W: -70.952246
    • N: 42.532842, S: 42.532842, E: -72.1867, W: -72.1867
  • edi.1006.1  (Uploaded 2023-01-27)  
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  • DOI PLACE HOLDER
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