BOREAS IN 1997 - EXPERIMENT OVERVIEW, SCIENTIFIC RESULTS, AND FUTURE-DIRECTIONS

The goal of the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) is to impro ve our understanding of the interactions between the boreal forest bio me and the atmosphere in order to clarify their roles in global change . This overview paper describes the science background and motivations for BOREAS and the experimental design and operations of the BOREAS 1 994 and BOREAS 1996 field years. The findings of the 83 papers in this journal special issue are reviewed, In section 7, important scientifi c results of the project to date are summarized and future research di rections are identified.