Daily area burned and proportion burned severely for 42 fires of central Idaho and western Montana

Metadata:

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 394

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 UTM Zone 11N

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -117.0

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0

False_Easting: 500000.0

False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000002220024164500956

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000002220024164500956

Planar_Distance_Units: meter

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Daily_Fire_Progression

Entity_Type_Definition:

Selected daily growth areas for 42 wildland fires from central Idaho and western Montana.

Entity_Type_Definition_Source:

Infrared mapped perimeters initially collected from https://ftp.nifc.gov/ and then processed to remove areas of inconsistent growth.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition:

Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition:

Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Date

Attribute_Definition:

Date that fire area burned. Format: YearMonthDay_Time = 050902_0112= Sept. 2, 2005 at 01:12 Note: Some dates will not have a time stamp as it was not recorded in initial collection.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

https://ftp.nifc.gov/

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Year

Attribute_Definition:

Year in which fire burned

Attribute_Definition_Source:

https://ftp.nifc.gov/

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 2005

Range_Domain_Maximum: 2011

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Fire

Attribute_Definition:

Wildland fire on which the IR progression maps were collected.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

https://ftp.nifc.gov/

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

General Fire Name as found in NIFC FTP site, these names may not match those in MTBS.gov.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Area

Attribute_Definition:

Area of daily IR progression map in hectares.

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Calculated during processing.

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.043696

Range_Domain_Maximum: 770.038169

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Below you will find the data available in this data publication and a short description of its contents.

\Data\Severity_Proportions\Daily_Fire_Progression.shp: ESRI shapefile and associated files containing selected daily infrared progression maps for 42 wildfires. Variable definitions can be found in the Entity and Attributes detailed section of this metadata document.


\Data\Fires_Info.csv: Comma delimited text file containing information about the 42 wildland fires used in this research. Variable descriptions are listed below.

Fire = Fire name

Year = Year fire burned

Actual Days Sampled = number of days that fire progression occurred

Number of progression days = number of days mapped by infrared mapping

Progression Dates = dates of series of mapped days

Pre_Image = date of pre satellite image used in differenced Normalized Burn Index calculations

Post_Image = date of post satellite image used in differenced Normalized Burn Index calculations

Ignition date = Ignition date as recorded by MTBS.gov

Notes = notes and additional information


\Data\Polygon_Proportions.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing proportion values for three burn severities located in each fire growth area. Variable descriptions are listed below.

Area = area in hectares(ha) of each individual Daily Burned Area as mapped by infrared (IR) wildland fire maps. Only included areas of low, moderate, and high severity.

Low = proportion of Low burn severity of corresponding Daily Burned Area

Moderate = proportion of Moderate burn severity of Daily Burned Area

High = proportion of High burn severity of Daily Burned Area

Area_Total = total area (ha) for each individual area as mapped by IR maps. This included areas not calculated within “Area” column. This included such things as increased greenness severity, masked areas, and satellite errors.

Date = 6 or 5 digit representing year, month, and day fire area burned: (yymmdd)

Year = year the fire burned

Fire = name of fire for corresponding “area”

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

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

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20180709

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho

Contact_Person: Penelope Morgan

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 875 Perimeter Drive MS 1133

City: Moscow

State_or_Province: ID

Postal_Code: 83844-1133

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-885-7507

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pmorgan@uidaho.edu

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998