ABoVE: Synthesis of Burned and Unburned Forest Site Data, AK and Canada, 1983-2016

Description

This dataset is a synthesis of field plot characterization data, derived above-ground and below-ground combusted carbon, and acquired Fire Weather Index (FWI) System components for burned boreal forest sites across Alaska, USA, the Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan, Canada from 1983-2016. Unburned plot data are also included. Compiled plot-level characterization data include stand age, disturbance history, tree density, and tree biophysical measurements for calculation of the above-ground (ag) and below-ground (bg) biomass/carbon pools, pre-fire and residual post-fire soil organic layer (SOL) depths and estimates of combustion of tree structural classes. The measured slope and aspect for each site and an assigned moisture class based on topography are also provided. Data from 1019 burned and 152 unburned sites are included. From the estimates of combusted ag and bg carbon pools and SOL losses, the total carbon combusted, the proportion of pre-fire carbon combusted, and the proportion of total carbon combusted were calculated for each plot. FWI System components including moisture and drought codes and indices of fire danger were obtained for each plot from existing data sources based on the plot location, year of burn, and a dynamic start-up date (day of burn, DOB) from the global fire weather database. Data for soil characteristics are included in a separate file.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F1744
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/above/ABoVE_Plot_Data_Burned_Sites/
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/ABoVE_Plot_Data_Burned_Sites.html
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1744
33 ABoVE: Synthesis of Burned and Unburned Forest Site Data, AK and Canada, 1983-2016: ABoVE_Plot_Data_Burned_Sites.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/ABoVE_Plot_Data_Burned_Sites/comp/ABoVE_Plot_Data_Burned_Sites.pdf
21 ABoVE project site https://above.nasa.gov
34 Field sites, ecoregions, and total area burned (millions of hectares; Mha) in each of the ecoregions in the study domain over time. Grey dotted line in the inset represents the simple linear regression, with red shading for the 95% confidence intervals, of burned area for all ecoregions combined. Analyses were completed using the field site groupings, located within the six ecoregions defined by the EPA Level II Ecoregions of North America. Source: Walker et al., 2020. https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/ABoVE_Plot_Data_Burned_Sites_fig1.png

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  • topography
  • environmental-impacts
  • precipitation
  • ecosystems
  • soils
  • land-surface
  • biosphere
  • human-dimensions
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • natural-hazards
  • vegetation
  • ecological-dynamics
  • earth-science

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