The Biological, Ancillary, Disturbance and Metadata (BADM) protocol is standardized across AmeriFlux, ICOS, FluxNet and other networks. To learn more about BADM, check out these resources:
- B E Law, T Arkebauer, J L Campbell, J Chen, Osbert Sun, Mark Schwartz, Catharine van Ingen, Shashi Verma (2008). Terrestrial carbon observations: Protocols for vegetation sampling and data submission. Global Terrestrial Observing System, Rome.
- FluxNet’s General Background on BADM
Templates
Use these MS Excel spreadsheet templates to add or update BADM data for a site.
- To register a new FluxNet site, download the BADM templates below, enter current site information (templates provide variable naming, units, descriptions and reporting conventions), and send to [email protected].
- To update BADM for an existing FluxNet site, send your request to [email protected]. Specify the specific BADM spreadsheet(s) in the FluxNet database to be updated.
Download: BADM-Site_General_Info-Template
View (pdf) or download (MS Excel) an example of a completed Site-General-Info template.
Download: BADM-Disturbance_and_Management-Template
Download: BADM-Instrument_Ops-Template
Download: BADM-Instrument-Template
The following templates are being updated. If you want to submit new or updated information using these templates, please request them from our Team — [email protected].
BADM-Fluxes-Template
BADM-Soil-Template
BADM-VegCover-Template
BADM-Biomass-Template
BADM-CNKP-Template
BADM-Sapflow-Template
General Instructions for Completing Templates
- Use column D and higher in the first worksheet to enter your information. Only use the columns past D when you have more than one entry that you need to put in a row. If you have nothing to enter in a row, leave it blank.
- Do not enter information in shaded columns.
- Variables with units of LIST(xxx)—see second worksheet in each template—should use only the choices listed.
- Enter all values in the units requested. For numeric entries, use only numbers (no letters or symbols).
- Fill in the submitter’s name—whoever is filling in the template (likely you).
- Add a short paragraph for the SITE_DESC in Site-General-Info if one doesn’t exist already. If one exists, make sure it’s up to date.
- See Explanations, the third worksheet, for variable groups that must be reported together.
- Column A lists the variable groups.
- Column C has a “p” if a variable is the primary variable for a group of variables.
- Column D lists an “r” if a variable is a required qualifier for a primary variable. For example, if H2O is entered for FLUX_MEASUREMENTS_VARIABLE on the Site-General-Info Template, the FLUX_MEASUREMENTS_DATE_START is required.
More details about the controlled vocabulary for BADM Templates:
1. IGBP vegetation classification
2. Köppen climate classification