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Title:

Babeldaob Island wildfires (2012+) (2nd Edition)

Author(s):

Earl, Allyson R.; Geringer-Frazier, Barbara L.; Dendy, Julian T.; Mesubed, Dino; Giardina, Christian P.; Cordell, Susan; Holm, Tarita; Uowolo, Amanda L.

Publication Year:

2024

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Earl, Allyson R.; Geringer-Frazier, Barbara L.; Dendy, Julian T.; Mesubed, Dino; Giardina, Christian P.; Cordell, Susan; Holm, Tarita; Uowolo, Amanda L. 2024. Babeldaob Island wildfires (2012+). 2nd Edition. Updated 22 January 2025. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0039-2

Abstract:

This data publication contains wildfire locations as well as areas of repeated wildfires on Babeldaob Island, Palau. These data were digitized from a variety of sources: handheld global positioning system (GPS) fire perimeter mapping, aerial photo fire perimeter mapping, and satellite image fire perimeter mapping. In addition to 1) wildfire locations (2012-2024) and 2) the areas of repeated wildfires (2012-2021), also included for Babeldaob Island (dated 2021 unless otherwise noted) are: 3) streams composed from topographic maps, 4) roads (obtained from Palau Automated Land and Resource Information Service (PALARIS) and updated with 2015 imagery), 5) locations of terrestrial protected areas, 6) mangrove vegetation around the island, 7) Babeldaob Island state boundaries, and 8) Babeldaob coastline.

Keywords:

environment; society; Climate change; Fire; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; wildfire; forest; savanna; hunting; agriculture; remote sensing; Babeldaob Island; Palau

Related publications:

• Dendy, Julian; Mesubed, Dino; Giardina, Christian P.; Cordell, Susan; Holm, Tarita; Uowolo, Amanda. 2022. Dynamics of anthropogenic wildfire on Babeldaob Island (Palau) as revealed by fire history. Fire. 5(2): 45. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire5020045 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/64291
• Dendy, Julian T.; Mesubed, Dino; Giardina, Christian P.; Cordell, Susan; Holm, Tarita; Uowolo, Amanda L. 2022. Babeldaob Island wildfires (2012-2021). 1st Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0039

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