Title:

Multiple factors influencing burn severity for daily forested burn areas of central Idaho and western Montana

Author(s):

Birch, Donovan S.; Morgan, Penelope; Kolden, Crystal A.; Abatzoglou, John T.; Dillon, Gregory K.; Hudak, Andrew T.; Smith, Alistair M. S.

Publication Year:

2018

How to Cite:

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Birch, Donovan S.; Morgan, Penelope; Kolden, Crystal A.; Abatzoglou, John T.; Dillon, Gregory K.; Hudak, Andrew T.; Smith, Alistair M. S. 2018. Multiple factors influencing burn severity for daily forested burn areas of central Idaho and western Montana. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2018-0029

Abstract:

This data publication includes forested daily burned area shapefiles from 42 forest fires from 2005 to 2007 and 2011 for central Idaho and western Montana. Original files were obtained from https://ftp.nifc.gov/. Fire data were selected based on availability of burn severity (dNBR) from MTBS.gov and five days of consecutive infrared (IR) perimeter mapping and then further processed to remove areas smaller than 0.09 hectares, buffered inward by 30 meters, and only map forested areas. Also included is a file containing multiple measurements such as daily weather and fire danger indices, topographic measurements, and vegetation characteristics for random sample points within the 42 forest fire areas, as well as a file containing basic information about these fires.

Keywords:

environment; Fire; Fire ecology; Fire effects on environment; area burned; burn severity; dNBR; infrared perimeter mapping; random forest; wildland fire; northern US Rockies; Idaho; Montana

Related publications:

• Birch, Donovan S.; Morgan, Penelope; Kolden, Crystal A.; Abatzoglou, John T.; Dillon, Gregory K.; Hudak, Andrew T.; Smith, Alistair M. S. 2015. Vegetation, topography and daily weather influenced burn severity in central Idaho and western Montana forests. Ecosphere. 6(1): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00213.1
• Birch, Donovan S.; Morgan, Penelope; Kolden, Crystal A.; Dillon, Gregory K.; Hudak, Andrew T.; Smith, Alistair M. S. 2018. Daily area burned and proportion burned severely for 42 fires of central Idaho and western Montana. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2018-0030

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