Continuous canopy and understory spectral reflectance measurements of a sparse black spruce forest at Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR), interior Alaska (Year 2015)

Plant phenology timings, such as spring green-up and autumn senescence, are essential state information characterizing biological responses and terrestrial carbon cycles. Current efforts for the in-situ reflectance measurements are not enough to obtain the exact interpretation of how seasonal spectral signature responds to phenological stages in boreal evergreen needleleaf forests. This data set shows the in situ continuous measurements of spectral reflectance in a boreal forest in interior Alaska. We deployed two field-based spectroradiometer systems in an open black spruce forest. These two spectroradiometer systems were used to obtain canopy scale (overstory + understory) and understory reflectances. The data set includes the overstory and understory incoming and reflected hemispherical spectral irradiance data (Level 1), and spectral reflectance computed by the in- and out-going spectral data (Level 2). Because the reflected hemispherical irradiance contains the reflection from tower structure for overstory measurements. The further reflectance correction was applied for the measurements at the tower top level (Level 3).植物物候期（如春季返青与秋季衰老）是表征生物响应与陆地碳循环的核心状态信息。当前开展的原位（in-situ）反射率测量工作尚不足以精准解析寒带常绿针叶林的季节光谱特征如何响应其物候阶段变化。本数据集呈现了阿拉斯加内陆一处寒带森林的光谱反射率原位连续监测数据。研究团队在一片开阔的黑云杉林中部署了两套野外光谱辐射计（spectroradiometer）系统，该两套系统分别用于获取冠层尺度（上层林冠+下层植被）以及下层植被的反射率数据。数据集包含上层林冠与下层植被的入射及反射半球光谱辐照度（hemispherical spectral irradiance）数据（Level 1），以及由入射与出射光谱数据计算得到的光谱反射率数据（Level 2）。由于上层林冠测量所获取的反射半球辐照度包含了铁塔结构的反射信号，针对铁塔顶端的监测数据，研究团队进一步开展了反射率校正处理（Level 3）。