New Jersey fuel treatment effects: 3-dimensional turbulence and temperature data

Metadata:
Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Clark, Kenneth L.
Originator: Skowronski, Nicholas S.
Originator: Simeoni, Albert J.
Originator: Mell, William E.
Originator: Hadden, Rory M.
Originator: Gallagher, Michael R.
Originator: Mueller, Eric V.
Originator: Kremens, Robert L.
Originator: El Houssami, Mohamad
Originator: Filkov, Alexander I.
Originator: Thomas, Jan Christian
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:
New Jersey fuel treatment effects: 3-dimensional turbulence and temperature data
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: tabular digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Collins, CO
Publisher: Forest Service Research Data Archive
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0060
Description:
Abstract:
This data publication contains environment data collected as part of a Joint Fire Science Program project designed to collect landscape-scale fuels data before and after prescribed fires to quantify consumption, collect data for the parameterization and evaluation of computational flow-dynamics models for simulating fire behavior, and synthesize data for the evaluation of fuels treatment effectiveness. The data include 3-dimensional turbulence and temperature data from overstory towers in the New Jersey Pinelands (Burlington and Ocean Counties), measuring the fire environment within three separate fire experiments, Ex1, Ex2, and Ex3. These experiments were performed in 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. For each experiment, a control tower was constructed outside of the fire area and three towers inside of the fire area. Each of the intra-fire towers and the control tower were instrumented identically with an overstory sonic anemometer and a thermocouple array to sense the fire environment. The control tower also collected standard meteorological variables such as windspeed/direction, relative humidity, air temperature, and 10-hour fuel moisture.
Purpose:
The data provided here were collected as part of the Joint Fire Science funded project: “Evaluation and Optimization of Fuel Treatment Effectiveness with an Integrated Experimental/Modeling Approach.” From 2001-2011, approximately US $5.6 billion was spent on hazardous fuel reduction to treat an average of approximately 2.5 million acres per year across the United States. Because of the cost and complexity involved, there is a need for implementing treatments in such a way that hazard mitigation, or other management objectives, are optimized. Our work integrated extensive forest census measurements, remote sensing methodologies, three highly-instrumented fuel reduction treatments, and numeric modeling of fire spread to test the principals and physics behind fuel reduction treatments. These datasets provide measurements for the evaluation of fuel treatment effects and effectiveness.
Supplemental_Information:
Original publication date was 11/14/2017. Minor metadata updates were made on 11/17/2022.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 2013
Ending_Date: 2015
Currentness_Reference:
Ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Description_of_Geographic_Extent:
The Pinelands National Reserve of New Jersey (PNR), specifically in Ocean and Burlington Counties.
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.8
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.1
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.6
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Research & Development Taxonomy
Theme_Keyword: Fire
Theme_Keyword: Fire ecology
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: 3-dimensional turbulence
Theme_Keyword: temperature
Theme_Keyword: wind direction
Theme_Keyword: wind speed
Theme_Keyword: solar radiation
Theme_Keyword: net radiation
Theme_Keyword: barometric pressure
Theme_Keyword: fuel moisture in percent
Theme_Keyword: soil heat flux
Theme_Keyword: water content of soil
Theme_Keyword: Joint Fire Science Program
Theme_Keyword: JFSP
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: New Jersey
Place_Keyword: Burlington County
Place_Keyword: Ocean County
Place_Keyword: Pinelands National Reserve
Place_Keyword: PNR
Place_Keyword: pine barrens
Place_Keyword: New Jersey Pine Barrens
Place_Keyword: NJPB
Place_Keyword: pine lands
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
These data were collected using funding from the U.S. Government and can be used without additional permissions or fees. If you use these data in a publication, presentation, or other research product please use the following citation:

Clark, Kenneth L.; Skowronski, Nicholas S.; Simeoni, Albert J.; Mell, William E.; Hadden, Rory M.; Gallagher, Michael R.; Mueller, Eric V.; Kremens, Robert L.; El Houssami, Mohamad; Filkov, Alexander I.; Thomas, Jan Christian. 2017. New Jersey fuel treatment effects: 3-dimensional turbulence and temperature data. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0060
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Kenneth L. Clark
Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Contact_Position: Research Forester
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: Silas Little Experimental Forest
Address: 501 Four Mile Road
City: New Lisbon
State_or_Province: NJ
Postal_Code: 08064
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 609-894-0325
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kenneth.clark@usda.gov
Data_Set_Credit:
Funding for this project provided by Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP 12-1-03-11): https://www.firescience.gov. Funding also provided by the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station through the National Fire Plan.
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Clark, Kenneth L.
Originator: Skowronski, Nicholas
Originator: Gallagher, Michael
Publication_Date: 2015
Title:
Fire management and carbon sequestration in Pine Barren forests
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Journal of Sustainable Forestry
Issue_Identification: 34: 125-146
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2014.973607
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Skowronski, Nicholas S.
Originator: Simeoni, Albert J.
Originator: Clark, Kenneth L.
Originator: Mell, William E.
Originator: Hadden, Rory M.
Originator: Kremens, Robert L.
Originator: Filkov, Alexander I.
Originator: Edwards, William
Originator: Dusha, James
Originator: Evans-House, Ashley
Originator: Mueller, Eric V.
Originator: Gallagher, Michael R.
Originator: Thomas, Jan Christian
Originator: El Houssami, Mohamad
Originator: Santamaria, Simon
Publication_Date: 20160631
Title:
Evaluation and optimization of fuel treatment effectiveness with an integrated experimental/modeling approach
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Final Project Report
Issue_Identification: 12-1-03-11
Other_Citation_Details:
(Also available in this data publication: \Supplements\12-1-03-11_final_report.pdf)
Online_Linkage: https://www.firescience.gov/projects/12-1-03-11/project/12-1-03-11_final_report.pdf
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Skowronski, Nicholas S.
Originator: Simeoni, Albert J.
Originator: Clark, Kenneth L.
Originator: Mell, William E.
Originator: Hadden, Rory M.
Originator: Gallagher, Michael R.
Originator: Mueller, Eric V.
Originator: Kremens, Robert L.
Originator: El Houssami, Mohamad
Originator: Filkov, Alexander I.
Originator: Thomas, Jan Christian
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:
New Jersey fuel treatment effects: Leaf-off airborne LiDAR data
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Collins, CO
Publisher: Forest Service Research Data Archive
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0059
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Gallagher, Michael R.
Originator: Clark, Kenneth L.
Originator: Thomas, Jan Christian
Originator: Mell, William E.
Originator: Hadden, Rory M.
Originator: Mueller, Eric V.
Originator: Kremens, Robert L.
Originator: El Houssami, Mohamad
Originator: Filkov, Alexander I.
Originator: Simeoni, Albert J.
Originator: Skowronski, Nicholas S.
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:
New Jersey fuel treatment effects: Pre- and post-burn biometric data
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: database
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Collins, CO
Publisher: Forest Service Research Data Archive
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0061
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Skowronski, Nicholas S.
Originator: Simeoni, Albert J.
Originator: Clark, Kenneth L.
Originator: Mell, William E.
Originator: Hadden, Rory M.
Originator: Gallagher, Michael R.
Originator: Mueller, Eric V.
Originator: Kremens, Robert L.
Originator: El Houssami, Mohamad
Originator: Filkov, Alexander I.
Originator: Thomas, Jan Christian
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:
New Jersey treatment effects: Burn units
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Collins, CO
Publisher: Forest Service Research Data Archive
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0062
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Kremens, Robert L.
Originator: Skowronski, Nicholas S.
Originator: Simeoni, Albert J.
Originator: Clark, Kenneth L.
Originator: Mell, William E.
Originator: Hadden, Rory M.
Originator: Gallagher, Michael R.
Originator: Mueller, Eric V.
Originator: El Houssami, Mohamad
Originator: Filkov, Alexander I.
Originator: Thomas, Jan Christian
Publication_Date: 2017
Title:
New Jersey fuel treatment effects: Wildfire Airborne Sensor Program - orthorectified long-wave infrared and visible data images
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Collins, CO
Publisher: Forest Service Research Data Archive
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2017-0063
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Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
All data were collected from 12.5 meter (m) Rohn antenna towers, and include sonic anemometer data and meteorological data.

R.M Young 81000v sonic anemometers were used with factory calibrations, with average reported accuracies of 0.05 m second-1 for 3-dimensional wind speed, ± 2 degrees for horizontal wind direction, and ± 0.01 m second (sec) for sonic speed of sound, resulting in a temperature accuracy of ± 2 °Celsius (C) to 50 °C. Response above 50 °C is non-linear up to approximately 100 °C.

Omega Engineering thermocouples were also used with factory calibrations. K-type (Nickel Chromium) thermocouples have a most useful range of 0 to 200 °C and a maximum range of -200 to 1250 °C. Reported accuracy is 0.5 °C or 0.4% of measured values.

Sonic anemometers were operating at 10 hz and 38400 baud rate, and logged using Campbell Scientific CR-3000 dataloggers on SDI channels in burst mode. Thermocouples were also logged at 10 hz on analog channels on the CR-3000 dataloggers.

The control tower meteorological sensors included:

Air temperature and relative humidity: Vaisala HMP 45c air temperature and relative humidity sensors have an air temperature sensitivity of ± 0.25 °C at 10 °C, and a ± 2% accuracy at 0 to 90% relative humidity. The sensor was mounted in a passive RM Young multiplate enclosure.

Windspeed and direction: RM Young 05103 wind monitor was used to measure wind speed and direction with a wind speed accuracy of ± 0.3 m sec-1 and a wind direction accuracy of ± 3 degrees.

For incoming solar radiation (W m-2) was measured with a Li-Cor Li-200 SA sensor with an accuracy of ± 5%. The sensor is ± 1% linear from no sunlight to full sunlight conditions (ca. 1000 W m-2). For net radiation (W m-2), a Kipp and Zonen, Inc., NR-Lite had a reported accuracy of ± 5% across the range of 0.2 to 100 μm wavelengths. No windspeed correction was applied to the data due to relatively low windspeed conditions. Sensors were almost new, and had not been used for long-term routine measurements. Both sensors were mounted at the top of the tower on a boom facing south, and were level.

10 hour fuel moisture was measured with a Campbell Scientific CS-505 fuel moisture monitor, which calculates percent moisture content of a 10-hour stem. Reported accuracy is ± 1.3% for 0-10%, ± 2% for 10-20%, and ± 3.5% for 20-30% fuel moisture content.

Soil moisture was estimated using a Campbell Scientific CS-616 Soil moisture probe. Reported accuracy is ± 2.5% volumetric water content (VWC), with a resolution of ± 0.1% VWC.

Soil temperature was measured at 5 centimeters (cm) depth using a Campbell Scientific CS-109 soil temperature probe buried within 5 m of the control tower. Reported accuracy is ± 0.25 °C over the range -50 to 70 °C.

Soil heat flux was measured using a HFT-3.1, Radiation and Energy Balance Systems, Inc. HFT-3.1 heat flux transducer buried at 10 cm depth within 5 m of the control tower. Reported accuracy is ± 5% over the range -40 to 55 °C.

Using identical instrumentation, annual energy balance closure for nearby pine-dominated stand (Cedar Bridge; US Ced) has been reported to be greater than 93%, and the annual energy balance equation had an r2 of 0.906 (Clark et al. 2012). These data are available on the Ameriflux website: http://ameriflux.lbl.gov.

Clark, Kenneth L.; Skowronski, Nicholas; Gallagher, Michael; Renninger, Heidi; Schäfer, Karina. 2012. Effects of invasive insects and fire on forest energy exchange and evapotranspiration in the New Jersey pinelands. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 166-167: 50-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2012.07.007
Logical_Consistency_Report:
All data were compared to similar values collected from other meteorological and flux towers operating within 15 kilometers (km) of the burned stands. Ambient conditions were within 5-10% of these values for turbulence and meteorological measurements. See Clark et al. (2016) for an example of comparisons across stands during burns.

Clark, Kenneth L.; Gallagher, Michael; Heilman, W. E.; Skowronski, Nicholas; Mueller, Eric V.; Simeoni, Albert J. 2016. Relationships between firing pattern, fuel consumption, and turbulence and energy exchange during prescribed fires. Proceedings of the 5th International Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA, April 11-15, 2016. Pages 144-149.
Completeness_Report:
The measurements provide complete temporal coverage of a pre-fire condition for a day or more before each prescribed burn, as noted in the data and times for each file. Data collected during prescribed fires are continuous, with the exception of the brief periods when smoke or heat fluxes caused the sonic anemometer sensor heads to malfunction. In two cases, crowning fire activity caused the sonic anemometer sensor heads to fail, and these are noted in the dates and times for each file under “notes”.
Lineage:
Methodology:
Methodology_Type: Field
Methodology_Description:
Turbulence and air temperature data were collect before, during and following prescribed fires to understand how the interactions of fuel loading, meteorological conditions, and firing pattern affected fire behavior and fuel reduction, and how these factors in turn affected above- canopy turbulence and energy exchange. Two sites immediately south of Warren Grove Bombing Range were sampled over the 2013 to 2015 period.

Four above-canopy towers were employed in this portion of the study, all were Rohn antenna type towers and measured 12.5 meter (m) height. One was a control tower, indicated as WG Control, and three towers were located within the burned area, indicated as WGWover and located to the west, WGNover and located to the north, and WGSover and located to the south in the area to be burned.

Turbulence and air temperature data were collected from R.M. Young sonic anemometers mounted at the top of each tower, and air temperature at 1.5 m heights was measured using fine-wire thermocouples (Omega Scientific). In addition, meteorological data was collected from the control tower; including solar radiation, net radiation, air temperature, relative humidity, windspeed, wind direction, soil moisture, 10-hour fuel moisture, soil temperature, and soil heat flux.
Methodology_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Skowronski, Nicholas S.
Originator: Simeoni, Albert J.
Originator: Clark, Kenneth L.
Originator: Mell, William E.
Originator: Hadden, Rory M.
Originator: Kremens, Robert L.
Originator: Filkov, Alexander I.
Originator: Edwards, William
Originator: Dusha, James
Originator: Evans-House, Ashley
Originator: Mueller, Eric V.
Originator: Gallagher, Michael R.
Originator: Thomas, Jan Christian
Originator: El Houssami, Mohamad
Originator: Santamaria, Simon
Publication_Date: 20160631
Title:
Evaluation and optimization of fuel treatment effectiveness with an integrated experimental/modeling approach
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Final Project Report
Issue_Identification: 12-1-03-11
Other_Citation_Details:
(Also available in this data publication: \Supplements\12-1-03-11_final_report.pdf)
Online_Linkage: https://www.firescience.gov/projects/12-1-03-11/project/12-1-03-11_final_report.pdf
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
No process steps have been described for this data set
Process_Date: Unknown
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference_Method:
Tower locations were estimated using a Trimble GeoExplorer PDA paired with a Tornado receiver. Following post-processing, average vertical and horizontal precision of points were 0.6 and 0.5 meters, respectively.
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
This data publication includes 41 comma-delimited ASCII text files containing 3-dimensional turbulence and temperature data from four overstory towers (control, north, south and west) measuring the fire environment within three separate fire experiments Experiment 1 (Ex1) in 2013, Experiment 2 (Ex2) in 2014, and Experiment 3 (Ex3) in 2015. Data were collected pre, during and post fire. Additional datasets include data from the Warren Grove meteorological tower located approximately 3 miles from experiments.

Fire Environment Measurements Details (file structure layout showing experiment number, date, pre- or post-fire, along with start and end times):

EXPERIMENT 1 (2013)

Warren Grove meteorological control data, All 2013 data

WarrenGmet_Control_All_MetData_2013.dat


Tall tower data

March 2-3, 2013 Pre fire

2878_WGControl10Hz_Mar2_3_2013.dat
Start time: 2013-03-02 15:26:00
End time: 2013-03-03 12:45:40.3

2879_WGWover10Hz_Mar2_3_2013.dat
Start time: 2013-03-02 14:17:00
End time: 2013-03-03 13:31:54.9

4975_WGNover10Hz_Mar2_3_2013.dat
Start time: 2050-09-01 16:44:55.2
End time:
Notes: Incorrect date and time on data logger clock.

4976_WGSover10Hz_Mar2_3_2013.dat
Start time: 2013-03-02 14:48:20
End time: 2013-03-03 14:11:01.5

March 3-4, 2013 Pre fire

2878_WGControl10Hz_Mar3_4_2013.dat
Start time: 2013-03-03 12:46:00
End time: 2013-03-04 17:34:32

2879_WGWover10Hz_Mar3_4_2013.dat
Start time: 2013-03-03 13:32:00
End time: 2013-03-04 15:29:07.4

4975_WGNover10Hz_Mar3_4_2013.dat
Start time: 2050-09-02 16:02:56.6
Notes: Incorrect date and time on data logger clock, until line 782,409.
Start time then is: 2013-03-04 10:47:00.5
End time: 2013-03-04 16:59:45.4

4976_WGSover10Hz_Mar3_4_2013.dat
Start time: 2013-03-03 14:12:00
End time: 2013-03-04 16:10:49.8

March 4-5, 2013 Burn Data

2878_WGControl10Hz_Mar4_5_2013_Burn.dat
Start time: 2013-03-04 17:01:46.3
End time: 2013-03-05 16:10:27.2

2879_WGWover10Hz_Mar4_5_2013_Burn.dat
Start time: 2013-03-03 13:47:57
End time: 2013-03-05 14:28:12

4975_WGNover10Hz_Mar4_5_2013_Burn.dat
Start time: 2013-03-04 15:21:33.1
End time: 2013-03-05 13:38:43.3
Notes: Sonic damaged during nearby crown fire.

4976_WGSover10Hz_Mar4_5_2013_Burn.dat
Start time: 2013-03-04 16:38:03
End time: 2013-03-05 14:55:49.5
Notes: Thermocouple at 0.5 m height shorted until 03-04 16:43:25.2

March 14-17, 2013 Post fire, Control tower only

2878_WGControl10Hz_Mar14_17_2013.dat
Start time: 2013-03-14 12:34:18
End time: 2013-03-17 16:59:45.9
Notes: Control tower operated as a “control” for prescribed burning at Cedar Bridge on March 15th.

March 22-24, 2013 Post fire

2878_WGControl10Hz_Mar22_24_2013.dat
Start time: 2013-03-22 11:18:00
End time: 2013-03-24 13:27:17.5

2879_WGWover10Hz_Mar22_24_2013.dat
Start time: 2013-03-22 10:54:00
End time: 2013-03-24 13:05:27.2

4975_WGNover10Hz_Mar22_24_2013.dat
Start time: 2013-03-22 10:16:00
End time: 2013-03-24 12:57:10.7
Notes: Damaged sonic replaced

4976_WGSover10Hz_Mar22_24_2013.dat
Start time: 2013-03-22 10:38:00
End time: 2013-03-24 13:13:27.2
Note: 8 meter thermocouple shorting out. 

March 27-29, 2013 Post fire

2878_WGControl10Hz_Mar27_29_2013.dat
Start time: 2013-03-27 09:40:00
End time: 2013-03-29 09:49:46.6

2879_WGWover10Hz_Mar27_29_2013.dat
Start time: 2013-03-27 09:06:00
End time: 2013-03-29 09:09:38.1

4975_WGNover10Hz_Mar27_29_2013.dat
Start time: 2013-03-27 09:16:00
End time: 2013-03-29 08:57:51.2
Notes: Damaged sonic replaced

4976_WGSover10Hz_Mar27_29_2013.dat
Start time: 2013-03-27 08:57:00
End time: 2013-03-29 09:20:26.6
Note: 8 meter thermocouple shorting out.



EXPERIMENT 2 (2014)

Warren Grove meteorological control data, All 2014 data

WarrenGmet_Control_All_MetData_2014.dat


Tall tower data

March 8-9, 2014 Pre fire, Control tower only

2878_WGControl1Hz_Mar8_9_2014.dat
Start time: 2014-03-08 11:44:17
End time: 2014-03-09 12:47:30
Note: Data is 1 Hz not 10 Hz because of card write error

March 9-10, 2014 Pre fire

2878_WGControl1Hz_Mar9_10_2014.dat
Start time: 2014-03-09 07:43:42
Break between 2014-03-09 12:47:49 and 2014-03-10 17:11:41
End time: 2014-03-11 10:36:41
Notes: Data is 1 Hz not 10 Hz because of a card error.

2879_WGWover10Hz_Mar9_10_2014.dat
Start time: 2014-03-09 12:15:14
End time: 2014-03-10 16:11:58.5
Notes: Thermocouple at 9.5 m height is shorting out intermittently.

4975_WGNover10Hz_Mar9_10_2014.dat
Start time: 2014-03-09 10:42:55
End time: 2014-03-10 15:48:00.7

4976_WGSover10Hz_Mar9_10_2014.dat
Start time: 2014-03-09 11:52:05
End time: 2014-03-10 16:34:20.7

March 10-11, 2014 Burn Data

2878_WGControl10Hz_Mar11_2014_Burn.dat
Start time: 2014-03-11 11:39:41
End time: 2014-03-11 16:22:46.1
Notes: 10 Hz control tower data covers the fire; 6.5 meter thermocouple is shorting out.

2879_WGWover10Hz_Mar10_11_2014_Burn.dat
Start time: 2014-03-10 15:06:41
End time: 2014-03-11 15:02:31.4

4975_WGNover10Hz_Mar10_11_2014_Burn.dat
Start time: 2014-03-10 15:25:48
End time: 2014-03-11 14:34:57.7

4976_WGSover10Hz_Mar10_11_2014_Burn.dat
Start time: 2014-03-10 14:42:50
End time: 2014-03-11 15:28:15.5



EXPERIMENT 3 (2015)

Much lower intensity burn, towers in exactly the same location as Ex1.

Warren Grove meteorological control data, All 2015 data

WarrenGmet_Control_All_MetData_2015.dat


Tall tower data

March 17-18, 2015 Pre burn

2878_WGControl10Hz_Mar17_18_2015.dat
Start time: 2015-03-17 12:58:00
End time: 2015-03-18 11:53:05.2
Notes:

2879_WGWover10Hz_Mar17_18_2015.dat
Start time: 2015-03-17 17:35:09
End time: 2015-03-18 15:45:03.4

4975_WGNover10Hz_Mar17_18_2015.dat
Start time: 2015-03-17 14:43:47
End time: 2015-03-18 14:33:30.1

4976_WGSover10Hz_Mar17_18_2015.dat
Start time: 2015-03-17 16:10:03
End time: 2015-03-17 15:08:16.6

March 18-19, 2015 Burn data

2878_WGControl10Hz_Mar18_19_2015_Burn.dat
Start time: 2015-03-18 11:37:32
End time: 2015-03-19 15:32:15.4

2879_WGWover10Hz_Mar18_19_2015_Burn.dat
Start time: 2015-03-18 15:28:37
End time: 2015-03-19 17:55:05.1

4975_WGNover10Hz_Mar18_19_2015_Burn.dat
Start time: 2015-03-18 13:08:26
End time: 2015-03-19 16:42:18.1

4976_WGSover10Hz_Mar18_19_2015_Burn.dat
Start time: 2015-03-18 13:15:16
End time: 2015-03-19 17:17:18.3


File Contents:

Each file listed above contains a header consisting of four rows followed by the data. The first row of the header describes the tower name and collection information. The second row contains the column name. The third row contains the column units and the fourth row describes how the data were collected, “Smp” – sample or “Avg” – averaged. “Min” - minimum, “Max” – maximum, “Std” – standard deviation, “WVc” – wind vector covariance - . Missing data are denoted with “NAN”.

File Names:

File names include a 4-digit value specific to each data logger used to collect the data, a 2-letter code for the location (WG = Warren Grove), a specific name for the tower location (either “Control” or one of the three tower positions within the burn block and a designation for tower type; e.g., Wover = Western Overstory Tower), the speed of data collection (10HZ = 10 times per second data), and the Date the data were collected.

\Data\YYYY\FIRE_DATERANGE_TOWER\2878_WGControl10HZ_DATE.dat: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing 3-dimensional turbulence and temperature data from the Warren Grove control tower collected on specified DATE. Specific measurements are listed below.

\Data\YYYY\FIRE_DATERANGE_TOWER\2879_WGWover10HZ_DATE.dat: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing 3-dimensional turbulence and temperature data from the Warren Grove west tower collected on specified DATE. Specific measurements are listed below.

\Data\YYYY\FIRE_DATERANGE_TOWER\4975_WGNover10HZ_DATE.dat: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing 3-dimensional turbulence and temperature data from the Warren Grove north tower collected on specified DATE. Specific measurements are listed below.

\Data\YYYY\FIRE_DATERANGE_TOWER\4976_WGSover10HZ_DATE.dat: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing 3-dimensional turbulence and temperature data from the Warren Grove south tower collected on specified DATE. Specific measurements are listed below.


TIMESTAMP – date time in yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.s, where yyyy = year, mm = month, dd = day, hh = hour, mm = minutes, and ss.s = seconds

RECORD – record number

Ux_1 – sampled horizontal wind direction (x; north/south) in meters per second (m/s)

Uy_1 – sampled horizontal wind direction (x; east/west) in meters per second (m/s)

Uz_1 – sampled vertical wind direction (z) in meters per second (m/s)

Ts_1 – sampled sonic temperature, calculated from speed of sound measurements in degrees Celsius (Deg C) +/- 2 degrees Celsius

diag_rmy_1 – sampled error code (unitless). 0 is a good value, any other value means that some or all of the sensor heads collected corrupted data in that 0.1 second interval.

TC_K_50cm – sampled fine wire thermocouple temperature at 50 centimeters from the ground in degrees Celsius (Deg C)

TC_K_200cm – sampled fine wire thermocouple temperature at 200 centimeters from the ground in degrees Celsius (Deg C)

TC_K_350cm – sampled fine wire thermocouple temperature at 350 centimeters from the ground in degrees Celsius (Deg C)

TC_K_500cm – sampled fine wire thermocouple temperature at 500 centimeters from the ground in degrees Celsius (Deg C)

TC_K_650cm – sampled fine wire thermocouple temperature at 650 centimeters from the ground in degrees Celsius (Deg C)

TC_K_800cm – sampled fine wire thermocouple temperature at 800 centimeters from the ground in degrees Celsius (Deg C)

TC_K_950cm – sampled fine wire thermocouple temperature at 950 centimeters from the ground in degrees Celsius (Deg C)

TC_K_1100cm – sampled fine wire thermocouple temperature at 1100 centimeters from the ground in degrees Celsius (Deg C)


\Data\YYYY\WarrenGmet_Control_All_MetData_YYYY.dat: Warren Grove control data include the measurements listed below.

TIMESTAMP – date time in yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.s, where yyyy = year, mm = month, dd = day, hh = hour, mm = minutes, and ss.s = seconds

RECORD – record number

SlrW_Avg – average incoming solar radiation in Watts per square meter (W/m^2)

NR_Wm2_Avg – average net radiation in Watts per square meter (W/m^2)

AirTC_Avg – average air temperature in degrees Celsius (Deg C)

RH – sampled relative humidity in percent (%)

WS_ms_Avg – average wind speed in meters per second (m/s)

WS_ms_Max – maximum wind speed in meters per second (m/s)

WS_ms_Min – minimum wind speed in meters per second (m/s)

WS_ms_Std – standard deviation of wind speed in meters per second (m/s)

WindDir – sampled wind direction in degrees (Deg)

WS_ms_S_WVT – EPA Wind Vector calculation: mean horizontal wind speed in meters per second (m/s)

WindDir_D1_WVT – EPA Wind Vector calculation: unit vector mean direction (theta1)

WindDir_SD1_WVT – EPA Wind Vector calculation: standard deviation of wind direction (sigma of theta 1)

BP_kPa_Avg – average barometric pressure in kilopascal (kPa)

VW_Avg – volumetric water content of soil at 0 to 30 centimeters depth (average fraction)

T109_C_Avg – average in degrees Celsius (Deg C)

DiffVolt_Avg – average soil heat flux at 10 cm depth in Watts per square meter (W/m^2)

FuelM_Avg – averaged fuel moisture in percent (%)
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Skowronski, Nicholas S.; Simeoni, Albert J.; Clark, Kenneth L.; Mell, William E.; Hadden, Rory M.; Kremens, Robert L.; Filkov, Alexander I.; Edwards, William; Dusha, James; Evans-House, Ashley; Mueller, Eric V.; Gallagher, Michael R.; Thomas, Jan Christian; El Houssami, Mohamad; Santamaria, Simon. 2016. Evaluation and optimization of fuel treatment effectiveness with an integrated experimental/modeling approach. Project completed June 30, 2016. Final Project Report: 12-1-03-11. https://www.firescience.gov/projects/12-1-03-11/project/12-1-03-11_final_report.pdf (also available in this data publication: \Supplements\12-1-03-11_final_report.pdf)
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Also included in this data publication are 2 comma-delimited ASCII text files containing supplemental information on tower locations and a crosswalk linking tower data to field data.


\Supplements\TowerLoc.csv: Tower location data which include the measurements listed below.

TID – tower identifier

SITE_ID – Site identifier, links to Site table ID field in field data

SITE – site name

Tower – tower name

TOWER_TYPE – tower type

LAT – Latitude (decimal degrees) – the approximate latitude of the plot using the Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) and World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS_1984) datum.

LONG – Longitude (decimal degrees) – the approximate longitude of the plot using the Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) and World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS_1984) datum


\Supplements\SubstudyCW.csv: Sub-study crosswalk data which include the measurements listed below.

TOWER_ID – tower identifier, links to TowerLoc ID field

SUBSTUDY_ID – Sub-study identifier, links to Plot table SUBSTUDY_ID field in field data

SUBSTUDY – sub-study experiment

S_YEAR – sub-study experiment year
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