Global fire emissions, fire area burned and air quality data projected using a global earth system model (RCP45/SSP1 and RCP8.5/SSP3)

Metadata:
Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Val Martin, Maria
Originator: Pierce, Jeffery R.
Originator: Heald, Colette L.
Publication_Date: 2018
Title:
Global fire emissions, fire area burned and air quality data projected using a global earth system model (RCP45/SSP1 and RCP8.5/SSP3)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Collins, CO
Publisher: Forest Service Research Data Archive
Other_Citation_Details:
Updated 10 June 2021
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2018-0021
Description:
Abstract:
This project provided an integrated assessment of the effects of fires under different future climate and population scenarios on fine particulate matter mass (PM2.5) and ozone (O3) at global scale, with a particular focus on the United States. We employed the global Community Earth System Model (CESM) with the Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) climate, anthropogenic emissions and land use, and the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP) population projections (i.e., RCP4.5/SSP1 and RCP8.5/SSP3). Within CESM, we used a complex-based fire parameterization to project future climate- and human-driven fire emissions, and considered landscape, deforestation, agricultural and peat fires. This data publication includes a) fire emissions for main fire species such as black carbon (BC), monoterpenes, carbon monoxide (CO), isoprene, Hydrogen cyanide (HCN), ammonia (NH3), nitric oxide (NO), organic carbon (OC), sulfur dioxide (SO2), etc.; b) area burned from landscape, agriculture, deforestation and peat fires; and c) air quality (PM2.5, BC, OC and O3). All data are at a global scale 0.9 x 1.25 horizontal resolution, with either monthly, daily or hourly resolution at decadal snapshots, i.e. 2000 Baseline (2000-2010), 2050 RCP45 and RCP85 (2040-2050) and 2100 RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 (2090-2100). All simulations were performed with CESM 1.2 with a fire module described in Li et al. (2012 and 2013).
Purpose:
Data were created to investigate the effect of changing climate on future fire activity and its consequences for air pollution.
Supplemental_Information:
Original metadata and publication date was 05/07/2018. Two of the data files included in this data publication were found to contain only zeros, so on 06/15/2018 this publication was updated to include the corrected netCDF files containing fire area burned for RCP45/SSP1 and RCP85/SSP3 scenarios. We discovered and corrected a file duplication error with these same fire area burned files on 06/10/2021. Some additional minor metadata updates were also made.
Time_Period_of_Content:
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Beginning_Date: 2000
Ending_Date: 2100
Currentness_Reference:
Ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As Needed
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Description_of_Geographic_Extent:
Global
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.00000
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.00000
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.00000
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.00000
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Research & Development Taxonomy
Theme_Keyword: Climate change
Theme_Keyword: Fire
Theme_Keyword: Fire effects on environment
Theme_Keyword: Natural Resource Management & Use
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: model simulations
Theme_Keyword: fire module
Theme_Keyword: fire area burned
Theme_Keyword: future air quality
Theme_Keyword: Joint Fire Science Program
Theme_Keyword: JFSP
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: global
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
These data were created 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:

Val Martin, Maria; Pierce, Jeffery R.; Heald, Colette L. 2018. Global fire emissions, fire area burned and air quality data projected using a global earth system model (RCP45/SSP1 and RCP8.5/SSP3). Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. Updated 10 June 2021. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2018-0021
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Maria Val Martin
Contact_Organization: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield
Contact_Position: Senior Research Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: Hadfield Building
Address: Mappin Street
State_or_Province: Sheffield
Postal_Code: S1 3JD
Country: UK
Contact_Voice_Telephone: +44 (0) 114 2229603
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: m.valmartin@sheffield.ac.uk
Data_Set_Credit:
Funding for this project provided by Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP # 13-1-01-4): https://www.firescience.gov.

The project thanks Drs Fang Li and Dave Lawrence (NCAR) for providing support with the fire module. Computing resources were provided by the Climate Simulation Laboratory at NCAR’s Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) under a Large University Computing Grant awarded to Maria Val Martin. The CESM project is supported by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science (BER) of the U.S. Department of Energy.
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Pierce, Jeffrey R.
Originator: Val Martin, Maria
Originator: Heald, Colette L.
Publication_Date: Unpublished material
Title:
Estimating the effects of changing climate on fires and consequences for U.S. Air Quality, using a set of global and regional climate models
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Joint Fire Science Project Final Report
Issue_Identification: Project ID: 13-1-01-4
Other_Citation_Details:
October 2017 (included in data publication download: \Supplements\13-1-01-4_final_report.pdf)
Online_Linkage: https://www.firescience.gov/projects/13-1-01-4/project/13-1-01-4_final_report.pdf
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Ford, Bonne
Originator: Val Martin, Maria
Originator: Zelasky, Sarah E.
Originator: Fischer, Emily V.
Originator: Anenberg, Susan C.
Originator: Heald, Colette L.
Originator: Pierce, Jeffery R.
Publication_Date: 2018
Title:
Future fire impacts on smoke concentrations, visibility, and health in the contiguous United States
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
Series_Information:
Series_Name: GeoHealth
Issue_Identification: 2(8): 229-247
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GH000144
Analytical_Tool:
Analytical_Tool_Description:
Panoply is a free netCDF viewer from NASA that can be used to easily visualize netCDF files.
Tool_Access_Information:
Online_Linkage: https://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/download/
Tool_Access_Instructions:
See website for instructions.
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Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Model estimates of fire activity (fire area burned and main fire emissions) were evaluated against GFEDv4. The evaluation showed that the model captured well the spatial distribution and magnitude of fire area burned, including over the boreal regions. Over North America, the fire module slightly overestimated area burned compared to GFEDv4, and underestimated it over Africa and Australia. In terms of fire emissions, the fire module reproduced well the magnitude of the main fire species. Air quality data were also evaluated with long-term surface observations. Global observations of PM2.5 were compiled in van Donkelaar et al. (2015), and observations over the U.S. came from IMPROVE (BC, OC, SO4, NH4NO3 and PM2.5) and CASTNET (O3). CESM simulates well the spatial distribution of surface PM2.5 concentrations, although somewhat underestimates PM2.5 over Asia. Over North America, annual levels were well represented. Simulated surface summertime O3 concentrations were also in good agreement with the mean observations over eastern and western US. For more information, please refer to section 3.1 of Pierce et al. (2017).

Pierce, Jeffrey R.; Val Martin, Maria; Heald, Colette L. 2017. Estimating the effects of changing climate on fires and consequences for U.S. Air Quality, using a set of global and regional climate models. Joint Fire Science Project Final Report, Project ID: 13-1-01-4. https://www.firescience.gov/projects/13-1-01-4/project/13-1-01-4_final_report.pdf (included in data publication download: \Supplements\13-1-01-4_final_report.pdf).
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Data were thoroughly plotted and analyzed to check for inconsistencies.
Completeness_Report:
Data are complete.
Lineage:
Methodology:
Methodology_Type: Lab
Methodology_Description:
These data were generated using the global Community Earth System Model (CESM) with the RCP climate, anthropogenic emissions and land use, and the SSP population projections (i.e., RCP4.5/SSP1 and RCP8.5/SSP3). Within CESM, a complex-based fire parameterization to project future climate- and human-driven fire emissions was used. The fire module considered landscape, deforestation, agricultural and peat fires.

All data are at a global scale 0.9 x 1.25 horizontal resolution, with either monthly, daily or hourly resolution at decadal snapshots, i.e. 2000 Baseline (2000-2010), 2050 RCP45 and RCP85 (2040-2050) and 2100 RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 (2090-2100). All simulations were performed with CESM 1.2 with a fire module described in Li et al. (2012 and 2013).

Additional information on the methods can be found as follows:

*For the earth system model, CESM (http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/) see Lamarque et al. (2012).
*For the fire module see Li et al. (2012 and 2013).
*For the fire experiment and simulations see Pierce et al. (2017).
Methodology_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Lamarque, J.-F.
Originator: Emmons, L.K.
Originator: Hess, P.G.
Originator: Kinnison, D.E.
Originator: Tilmes, S.
Originator: Vitt, F.
Originator: Heald, C.L.
Originator: Holland, E.A.
Originator: Lauritzen, P.H.
Originator: Neu, J.
Originator: Orlando, J.J.
Originator: Rasch, P.
Originator: Tyndall, G.
Publication_Date: 2012
Title:
CAM-chem: description and evaluation of interactive atmospheric chemistry in the Community Earth System Model
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Geoscientific Model Development
Issue_Identification: 5(2): 369-411
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-5-369-2012
Methodology_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Li, F.
Originator: Zeng, X.D.
Originator: Levis, S.
Publication_Date: 2012
Title:
A process-based fire parameterization of intermediate complexity in a dynamic global vegetation model
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Biogeosciences
Issue_Identification: 9(3): 2761–2780
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-9-3233-2012
Methodology_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Li, F.
Originator: Levis, S.
Originator: Ward, D.S.
Publication_Date: 2013
Title:
Quantifying the role of fire in the Earth system – Part 1: Improved global fire modeling in the Community Earth System Model (CESM1)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: journal article
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Biogeosciences
Issue_Identification: 10(4): 2293-2314
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-2293-2013
Methodology_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Pierce, Jeffrey R.
Originator: Val Martin, Maria
Originator: Heald, Colette L.
Publication_Date: Unpublished material
Title:
Estimating the effects of changing climate on fires and consequences for U.S. Air Quality, using a set of global and regional climate models
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Joint Fire Science Project Final Report
Issue_Identification: Project ID: 13-1-01-4
Other_Citation_Details:
October 2017 (included in data publication download: \Supplements\13-1-01-4_final_report.pdf)
Online_Linkage: https://www.firescience.gov/projects/13-1-01-4/project/13-1-01-4_final_report.pdf
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
See Methods section above.
Process_Date: 2017
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Below you will find a description of the data available in this package.

Note: each netcdf file contains a description of the data (long name, units, latitude, longitude, time, etc.)

\Data\AirQ_global_daily_PM25_OA_BC\cesm122_fmozsoa_f09f09_*.nc: netCDF files (15) containing daily PM25 (PM2.5), BC and OA for the entire globe, at 1 degree resolution. Files are for the baseline (2000), and future RCP45/SSP1 and RCP85/SSP5 runs in 2050 and 2100. Data are presented in 11 year and 10 year snapshots. Please consider first year (i.e. 2000, 2040 and 2090) as model spin-up. Units are kg/kg or mol/mol. Do not use first year as it is the model spin-up.

\Data\AirQ_global_hourly_O3\cesm122_fmozsoa_f09f09_*.nc: netCDF files (15) containing daily PM25 (PM2.5), BC and OA for the entire globe, at 1 degree resolution. Files are for the baseline (2000), and future RCP45/SSP1 and RCP85/SSP5 runs in 2050 and 2100. Data are presented in 11 year and 10 year snapshots. Please consider first year (i.e. 2000, 2040 and 2090) as model spin-up. Units are kg/kg. Do not use first year as it is the model spin-up.

\Data\AirQ_NorthAmer_hourly_O3\cesm122_fmozsoa_f09f09_*.nc: netCDF files (5) containing hourly surface O3 for North America, at 1 degree resolution. Files are for the baseline (2000), and future RCP45/SSP1 and RCP85/SSP5 runs in 2050 and 2100. Data are presented in 11 year and 10 year snapshots. Please consider first year (i.e. 2000, 2040 and 2090) as model spin-up. Units are kg/kg. Do not use first year as it is the model spin-up.

\Data\AuxiliaryData\CESM_*_AreaBurned_2000-2050-2100_0.9x1.25.nc: netCDF files (2) containing fire area burned (fraction/second) for RCP45/SSP1 and RCP85/SSP3 scenarios. (To calculate area burned in square kilometers per month: AreaBurned*Area*LandFraction*SecondsperMonth).

\Data\AuxiliaryData\cesm130_clm5_firemodule_*_f09x125.nc: netCDF files (3) containing model grid area data (area) in square kilometers; model land fraction data in each grid (landfrac); and land mask where 0=ocean and 1=land (landmask). All of these may be useful for data analysis.

\Data\Emissions\CESM_RCP_*_surface_2000-2050-2100_0.9x1.25.nc: netCDF files (56) containing 2000-2100 surface fire emissions (e.g., BC, BENZENE_SOA, BIGALK, BIGENE, C2H2, etc.) in molecules per square centimeter per second (molecule/cm2/s) at 0.9 x 1.25 degree horizontal resolution for the entire globe for the RCP45/SSP1 and RCP85/SSP3 scenarios. For information about the variables see Lamarque et al. (2012).
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
Lamarque, J.-F.; Emmons, L.K.; Hess, P.G.; Kinnison, D.E.; Tilmes, S.; Vitt, F.; Heald, C.L.; Holland, E.A.; Lauritzen, P.H.; Neu, J.; Orlando, J.J.; Rasch, P.; Tyndall, G. 2012. CAM-chem: description and evaluation of interactive atmospheric chemistry in the Community Earth System Model. Geoscientific Model Development 5(2): 369-411. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-5-369-2012

Pierce, Jeffrey R.; Val Martin, Maria; Heald, Colette L. 2017. Estimating the effects of changing climate on fires and consequences for U.S. Air Quality, using a set of global and regional climate models. Joint Fire Science Project Final Report, Project ID: 13-1-01-4. https://www.firescience.gov/projects/13-1-01-4/project/13-1-01-4_final_report.pdf (included in data publication download: \Supplements\13-1-01-4_final_report.pdf)
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20210610
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Jeffrey R. Pierce
Contact_Organization: Colorado State University Department of Atmospheric Science
Contact_Position: Associate Professor
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: Colorado State University
Address: 3915 W. Laporte Ave. Rm. 220
City: Fort Collins
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80526
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 970-491-8572
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jeffrey.pierce@colostate.edu
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999
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