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Title:
Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014: Fire behavior packages and videos Data publication contains GIS data
Author(s):
Butler, Bret W.; Jimenez, Daniel M.; Teske, Casey C.
Publication Year:
2018
How to Cite:
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Butler, Bret W.; Jimenez, Daniel M.; Teske, Casey C. 2018. Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014: Fire behavior packages and videos. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2018-0042
Abstract:
This data publication contains fire behavior package (FBP) data and in-situ videos collected as part of a prescribed fire research campaign conducted at the Camp Swift Military Base in Bastrop County, Texas on January 15, 2014. Fire behavior packages, cameras and flame height measurement poles were placed inside burn units on the day of ignition. Burn blocks were instrumented in similar fashion, with an equal number of sensor arrays in each burn block. Each burn block contains five FBPs, five video cameras, and five fire measurement poles with the exception of burn block 3, which had ten cameras. The FBP and cameras were located nominally 0.9-meters above ground level (AGL). Resulting data include primarily flame temperature, horizontal and vertical mass flow, fire intensity, and active-fire ground videos. Data were collected using two separate sensor systems. The first included sensor/datalogger measurements of convective/radiant energy, temperature and mass flow released by the fire. The second was a digital video camera housed in a fire proof enclosure that recorded visual images of the fire behavior. The video is recorded such that range poles are within the video frame. The raw data were processed using calibration data and converted into engineering units. The data provides 10 hertz fire flux measurements (kilowatts per square meter), temperature (Celsius), and mass flow (meters per second) in the vertical and horizontal direction per FBP.

Keywords:
environment; biota; heat flux; temperature; mass flow; time series; prescribed fire; fire behavior; JFSP; Joint Fire Science Program; Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014; wildland fire; wind; Fire effects on environment; Prescribed fire; Fire ecology; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Fire; Bastrop County; Texas; Camp Swift Army Base
Related publications:
  • Derek McNamara, Geospatial Measurement Solutions, LLC, GIS Analyst; William Mell, United States Forest Service, Combustion Engineer. 2018. Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014: Integrated Data Quality Assessment. https://usfs.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=aa3726577d9549a2a26b7d000fb98512
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