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Publication Details

Title:
Daily area burned and proportion burned severely for 42 fires of central Idaho and western Montana Data publication contains GIS data
Author(s):
Birch, Donovan S.; Morgan, Penelope; Kolden, Crystal A.; 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.; 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
Abstract:
This data publication includes daily infrared (IR) 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 IR perimeter mapping. Also included is a file containing the proportion values for three burn severities (low, medium, high) located in each fire growth area, as well as a file containing basic information about these 42 forest fires.

Keywords:
environment; Fire; Fire ecology; Fire effects on environment; area burned; infrared perimeter mapping; wildland fire; dNBR; burn severity; northern US Rockies; Idaho; Montana
Related publications:
  • Birch, Donovan S.; Morgan, Penelope; Kolden, Crystal A.; Hudak, Andrew T.; Smith, Alistair M. S. 2014. Is proportion burned severely related to daily area burned?. Environmental Research Letters. 9: 064011. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/6/064011
  • 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
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