Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014: Fire behavior packages and videos

Metadata:
Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Butler, Bret W.
Originator: Jimenez, Daniel M.
Originator: Teske, Casey C.
Publication_Date: 2018
Title:
Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014: Fire behavior packages and videos
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-2018-0042
Description:
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.
Purpose:
The objective of the research burns was to create a dataset comprised of ground based and remote sensing measurements. This data set provides in-situ time resolved measurements of radiant and convective energy transfer from the fire, horizontal, and vertical air flow, air temperature, digital video footage and coarse flame height measurements through deployment of a ground based sensor package (Fire Behavior Flux Package - FBP), digital video cameras and range poles.
Supplemental_Information:
A summary of the Camp Swift project can be found in the full data download (\Supplements\ CampSwiftFireExperiment2014_Project_Overview.pdf). A United States Forest Service ArcGIS Online interactive website is also developed to describe the study and examine the integrated data quality for the Camp Swift effort (see cross reference below). Finally, a document detailing the procedures used to set up the burn blocks can be found in the full data download (\Supplements\CampSwiftFireExperiment2014_BurnBlockDesign.pdf).
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20140115
Currentness_Reference:
Ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Description_of_Geographic_Extent:
Data were measured at the Camp Swift Army Base in Bastrop County, Texas. More thorough descriptions of the Camp Swift Study Site can be found in the accompanying ArcGIS Online Story Map entitled “Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014: Integrated Data Quality Assessment” as referenced in the cross reference section of this document. Published data were collected between January 14, 2015 and January 15, 2015. Set up of the burn blocks occurred before these dates as did initial scoping of the study area.
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -97.27281
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -97.27092
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.24809
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.24535
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: biota
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: heat flux
Theme_Keyword: temperature
Theme_Keyword: mass flow
Theme_Keyword: time series
Theme_Keyword: prescribed fire
Theme_Keyword: fire behavior
Theme_Keyword: JFSP
Theme_Keyword: Joint Fire Science Program
Theme_Keyword: Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014
Theme_Keyword: wildland fire
Theme_Keyword: wind
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: National Research & Development Taxonomy
Theme_Keyword: Fire effects on environment
Theme_Keyword: Prescribed fire
Theme_Keyword: Fire ecology
Theme_Keyword: Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment
Theme_Keyword: Fire
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Bastrop County
Place_Keyword: Texas
Place_Keyword: Camp Swift Army Base
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:

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
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Contact_Person: Daniel Jimenez
Contact_Position: Research Engineer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 5775 West US Highway 10
City: Missoula
State_or_Province: MT
Postal_Code: 59808
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 406-329-4724
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: djimenez@fs.fed.us
Data_Set_Credit:
Funding for this project provided by the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP 11-1-3-29): https://www.firescience.gov. Funding also provided by the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station and Pacific Northwest Research Station. Funding also provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Version 6.2 (Build 9200); Esri ArcGIS 10.5.0.6491
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Derek McNamara, Geospatial Measurement Solutions, LLC, GIS Analyst
Originator: William Mell, United States Forest Service, Combustion Engineer
Publication_Date: 2018
Title:
Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014: Integrated Data Quality Assessment
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: https://usfs.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=aa3726577d9549a2a26b7d000fb98512
Analytical_Tool:
Analytical_Tool_Description:
"VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols."
(This tool can be used to view the video files in this data publication.)
Tool_Access_Information:
Online_Linkage: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html
Tool_Access_Instructions:
See website for instructions.
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Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Several of the type K fine wire thermocouple (nominally 0.05 millimeters [mm] diameter wire) for measuring gas temperature were damaged during installation due to the sensitivity of the instrument. This appears to result in improper measurements of air temperature for FBP 6C, 13E, 1C, 20S, 22N and 5. The other attributes appear consistent with each other and no errors are identified to date. The temperature values for the FBPs that appear in error were left as recorded by the instrument in the feature class attribute table.

We also know there are a few temperature measurements that appear extremely erroneous, but data were left as submitted.

This metadata document provides information about this dataset as well as standalone quality control of the data. Integrated quality control of the data with other data collected at Camp Swift is detailed in a separate web mapping application ("Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014: Integrated Data Quality Assessment"), see cross reference section.
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Value: Pass
Attribute_Accuracy_Explanation:
Data were examined in the Microsoft Excel spreadsheets found in \Supplements\Spreadsheets.zip. Additionally, all the fire behavior data were integrated in time and animated through ArcGIS to identify any gross errors in attributes. See \Supplements\ InstrumentationSpecifications.pdf for more information on instrument specifications and accuracies. Some of the temperature measurements appear to be incorrect, likely due to damaged thermocouple wires. This is evident in extreme low values for temperature. These situations are noted below.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
All fire behavior data are intact and not truncated. Each point represents a particular measurement in space and time. The location of respective instruments did not change over time and as such there are duplicate points in the data set for each fire behavior measurement in time. Test for duplicate points in space, therefore are not appropriate but the data were examined to ensure there were no duplicate points in space and time.
Completeness_Report:
FBP instruments with IDs of 6C, 13E, 1C, 20S, 22N and 5 had erroneous temperature measurements. The thermocouples listed above with potential errors are left as is because some of the data might be usable. Users of these fire behavior package data should, however, use the temperature data with caution for the above fire behavior packages. Three of the twenty cameras had no data provided. These are burn block 3 GoPro Camera 1, burn block 3 Go Pro Camera 2, burn block 2 Go Pro Camera 9. There are no times associated with the ground videos.

Missing data in the geodatabase are denoted with a <null>.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
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Citation_Information:
Originator: Butler, Bret W.
Publication_Date: 1993
Title:
Experimental measurements of radiant heat fluxes from simulated wildfire flames
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pp. 104-111
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Citation_Information:
Originator: Saveland, J.M. (ed.)
Originator: Cohen, J. (ed.)
Publication_Date: 1993
Title:
12th International conference of fire and forest meteorology
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Series_Information:
Series_Name: International conference of fire and forest meteorology
Issue_Identification: 12
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Bethesda, MD
Publisher: Society of American Foresters
Other_Citation_Details:
Oct. 26-28, 1993 in Jekyll Island, Georgia
Type_of_Source_Media: Online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1993
Source_Currentness_Reference:
Publication Date
Source_Contribution:
This paper describes the custom design of the narrow angle radiometer used for measurements.
Source_Information:
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Citation_Information:
Originator: McCaffrey, B.J.
Originator: Heskestad, G.
Publication_Date: 1976
Title:
A robust bidrectional low-velocity probe for flame and fire application
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Series_Information:
Series_Name: Combustion and Flame
Issue_Identification: 26: 125-127
Online_Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-2180(76)90062-6
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Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1976
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Publication Date
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This paper describes the design of two pressure-based flow sensors to characterize air flow.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Jimenez, Dan
Originator: Forthofer, Jason
Originator: Reardon, James
Originator: Butler, Bret
Publication_Date: 2007
Title:
Fire behavior sensor package remote trigger design
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: conference proceedings
Other_Citation_Details:
p. 499-505
Online_Linkage: https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/28594
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Butler, Bret W. (comps.)
Originator: Cook, Wayne (comps.)
Publication_Date: 2007
Title:
The fire environment--innovations, management, and policy; conference proceedings
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: conference proceedings
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Proceedings
Issue_Identification: RMRS-P-46CD
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Fort Collins, CO
Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Other_Citation_Details:
26-30 March 2007; Destin, FL; 662 p.; CDROM
Online_Linkage: https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/28545
Type_of_Source_Media: CD-ROM
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2007
Source_Currentness_Reference:
Publication Date
Source_Contribution:
This paper describes the design of the remote trigger used to initiate recording of measurements by the fire behavior package.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Butler, Bret W.
Originator: Jimenez, Daniel M.
Originator: Forthofer, Jason M.
Originator: Sopko, Paul A.
Originator: Shannon, K.
Originator: Reardon, James J.
Publication_Date: 2010
Title:
In-situ characterization of wildland fire behavior
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Other_Citation_Details:
11 p.
Online_Linkage: https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/39365
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Wade, Dale D. (ed.)
Originator: Robinson, Mikel L. (ed.)
Publication_Date: 2010
Title:
Proceedings of 3rd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: conference proceedings
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Miscellaneous Publication
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Birmingham, AL
Publisher: International Association of Wildland Fire
Other_Citation_Details:
25-29 October 2010; Spokane, WA
Type_of_Source_Media: Online
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Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2010
Source_Currentness_Reference:
Publication Date
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Texas Natural Resource Information System
Publication_Date: 2008
Title:
CAPCOG 2008 140cm Lidar
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector and raster digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Texas Natural Resource Information System LIDAR data
Issue_Identification: CAPCOG 2008 140cm Lidar
Online_Linkage: https://tnris.org/data-catalog/entry/capcog-2008-140cm/
Type_of_Source_Media: Online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2008
Source_Currentness_Reference:
Publication Date
Source_Contribution:
The bare earth digital elevation model was used to record the ground level of instruments.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
INSTRUMENTS

The sensor package measures 27 centimeters (cm) by 15 cm by 18 cm and in this configuration weigh approximately 5.3 kilograms (kg). The enclosure consists of 3.7 millimeter (mm) thick aluminum welded at the seams. The data loggers used are Campbell Scientific® model CR1000 in combination with a 12 volt 4.5 Ah sealed lithium polymer battery. A separate 8 AA dry cell battery array provides power for the flow sensors. The data loggers are capable of logging over one million samples, providing 3.5 hours of continuous data logging at 10 hertz (Hz). This logger is user-programmable and accepts a wide range of analog and digital inputs and outputs. It is thermally stable and has been relatively insensitive to damage incurred in shipping and handling. All of the FBPs incorporate a Medtherm® Dual Sensor Heat Flux sensor (Model 64-20T) that provide incident total and radiant energy flux, a type K fine wire thermocouple (nominally 0.05 mm diameter wire) for measuring gas temperature, a custom designed narrow angle radiometer (NAR) (Butler 1993) to characterize flame emissive power, and two pressure-based flow sensors (McCaffrey and Heskestad 1976) to characterize air flow. Each FBP is wrapped in Cotronics© ceramic fiber insulation blanket (3370UHT- catalog no.), and further wrapped in fire shelter material (constructed of aluminum foil, woven silica and fiberglass) in order to withstand the elevated temperatures. The in-situ video cameras (IVCs) measure 10 cm by 18 cm by 19 cm and are constructed of 1.6 mm aluminum with a weight of approximately 1.8 kg (Image 4). The front of an IVC has two circular windows nominally 45 and 20 mm in diameter. A double lens configuration of high temperature Pyrex® glass and a second lens of hot mirror coated glass (Edmund Optics©) is mounted in the ports. This multi-layer dielectric coating reflects harmful infrared radiation (heat), while allowing visible light to pass through. The system was designed to be turned on manually or can be set to trigger and record through a wireless link to the FBP data loggers (Jimenez et al. 2007). The system allows users to trigger the recording mechanism of the camcorder remotely by using its own unique internal computer source code. The video cameras are placed inside the fire-proof boxes. Two different types of video cameras were used, the GoPro Hero 3+ Silver Edition and Sony DCR-HC21 NTSC Handycam (trade mark names). Each IVC package was wrapped in Cotronics ceramic fiber insulation blanket (3370UHT), and further wrapped in fire shelter material in order to withstand the elevated temperatures. See Butler et al. 2010 for more details. The poles are 3 meter (m) galvanized tubing with alternating black and white painted 0.3 m (1 foot) sections and flagging tied at the top in order to indicate wind direction and capture flame scale.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Butler 1993; McCaffrey and Heskestad 1976; Jimenez et al. 2007; Butler et al. 2010
Process_Date: 20140114
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Contact_Person: Daniel Jimenez
Contact_Position: Research Engineer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 5775 West US Highway 10
City: Missoula
State_or_Province: MT
Postal_Code: 59808
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 406-329-4724
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: djimenez@fs.fed.us
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
STUDY DESIGN

The general field design was to pair a FBP with an in-situ video camera and flame measurement pole. Cameras were oriented perpendicular to the FPBs to capture visual flame characteristics of the expected head fire. Flame measurement poles were oriented perpendicular to the FPBs to capture visual flame characteristics of the expected head fire. FBP and video camera box layout, as seen in \Supplements\InstrumentLocations.pdf were chosen to maximize the likelihood of heading fire impingement on the sensors. FBPs temporal measurements were synchronized to the NIST atomic clock. Each burn block had five fire behavior packages, cameras, and range poles as shown in \Supplements\CampSwiftFireExperiment2014_BurnBlockDesign.pdf. Burn block 3, had an additional camera installed in relative close proximity to the other cameras.
Process_Date: 20140301
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Contact_Person: Daniel Jimenez
Contact_Position: Research Engineer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 5775 West US Highway 10
City: Missoula
State_or_Province: MT
Postal_Code: 59808
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 406-329-4724
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: djimenez@fs.fed.us
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
DATA PROCESSING

Camp Swift Fire Behavior Package (FBP) Data Processing:

1). The mV outputs of the Medtherm total and radiant heat flux sensors and the Fire Lab’s narrow angle radiometer (NAR) (7° field of view) are converted to heat flux readings using calibration curves obtained from black body calibration.

2). Convective heat flux is determined by subtracting the radiant heat flux, obtained from the Medtherm radiant heat flux sensor, from the total heat flux, obtained from the Medtherm total heat flux sensor.

3). A sensor with negative air temperatures for the entire recording period indicates a damaged sensor. It does not indicate damage to other sensors.

4). Horizontal and vertical wind velocities are determined from calibration curves for pitot tube pressure versus wind velocity obtained in the Fire Lab’s wind tunnels.

5). Two treatments of the pitot tube pressures are presented in the processed files: (A) The wind velocity is determined directly from the pressure versus wind velocity calibration curves. B) The pressure sensor output is searched for a period of apparent calm air to establish the pressure versus zero wind velocity offset and then the existing calibration curve is shifted to this point prior to determining wind velocity. Any wind data using this treatment is labeled as “zeroed”. Comparison of the two treatments can be used to determine if a significant voltage versus pressure offset developed during sensor initialization.

6). Wind data averaged over thirty seconds is reported.

7). An average NAR value greater than 3 kilowatts per square meter (kW/m²) is used to determine the starting point after which the fire data are processed.

8). An average total heat flux value of less than 0.05 kW/m² is used after the occurrence of the peak total heat flux to determine the stopping point for processing fire data.

9). Heat flux and air temperature data averaged over one and three seconds is reported.

10). Total, radiant, and convective flux values are set to zero during any period where the total heat flux value is less than 0.5 kW/m².

11). Heat flux data are integrated starting from the NAR detection point.

12). The derivative of the total heat flux integral is taken and used to determine the total, radiant, and convective heat flux integral start and integral end times.

13). Peak and peak average heat flux, air temperature, and wind speed are reported.

14). The integrated heat flux value is determined at the integral end time.

All data were deposited on a Google Drive in organized directories along with field notes.
Process_Date: 20150114
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Contact_Person: Daniel Jimenez
Contact_Position: Research Engineer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 5775 West US Highway 10
City: Missoula
State_or_Province: MT
Postal_Code: 59808
Country: US
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 406-329-4724
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: djimenez@fs.fed.us
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
POST PROCESSING

This processing occurred off-site in Missoula, Montana following the burns.

The data deposited on the Google Drive were compiled into this data package. The processed data deposited on the Google Drive and found in \Supplements\Spreadsheets.zip had sensor ID, northing, easting, and other fields added, and populated appropriately. All modified CSV files were combined into one file. These steps were conducted in Microsoft Excel™. The combined CSV file was brought into ArcMap™ and the "Display XY Data" tool was implemented. The resulting temporary event layer was converted to this file geodatabase feature class. This feature class had a full date field added to the data set and this was populated with a combination of the single date and single time fields. The AGL height (meters) was also recorded in a new attribute and the ground elevation (meters) was recorded using the "Extract Values to Points" tool in ArcToolbox™ with the project Light Intensity Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) derived digital elevation model being used as the elevation data set. Using this combined data above, the data was imported into the final File Geodatabase Feature Class documented here.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
CAPCOG 2008 140cm Lidar
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
\Supplements\InstrumentIgnitionLocations.pdf (included in data publication download)
Process_Date: 20160115
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Geospatial Measurement Solutions, LLC
Contact_Person: Derek McNamara
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: physical
Address: 1841 4th Street
City: Hood River
State_or_Province: OR
Postal_Code: 97031
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-818-2152
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dmgeo@gmsgis.com
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 82591
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 UTM Zone 14N
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -99.0
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
False_Easting: 500000.0
False_Northing: 0.0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
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Coordinate_Representation:
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Ordinate_Resolution: 0.0001
Planar_Distance_Units: meter
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Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: FBP_ALL_Points
Entity_Type_Definition:
ESRI file geodatabase point feature class of fire behavior package measurements.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source:
ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
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: ID
Attribute_Definition:
The ID of the fire behavior package.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Rocky Mountain Research Center
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Unique characters representing the ID of the fire behavior package within a burn block.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Date
Attribute_Definition:
The date the measurement was recorded in coordinated universal time (UTC).
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Coordianted Universal Time
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Date of the measurement, all FBP measurements occurred on 1/15/2014.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UTCTime
Attribute_Definition:
The time the measurement was recorded in coordinated universal time (UTC).
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Coordinated Universal Time
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Unrepresentable_Domain:
UTC of the measurement, all FBP measurements occurred on 1/15/2014.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TimeAfterNAR_s
Attribute_Definition:
The time after recording began in tenths of a second for each FBP.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 2680.4
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Temperature_C
Attribute_Definition:
Air temperature in degrees Celcius.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Rocky Mountain Research Station
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MT_TOT_kW_m_2
Attribute_Definition:
Peak instantaneous total heat flux in kilowatts per meter squared (kW/m²).
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Range_Domain:
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Range_Domain_Maximum: 91.576698
Attribute:
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Peak instantaneous radiant heat flux in kilowatts per meter squared (kW/m²).
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Rocky Mountain Research Station
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Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 62
Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition:
Peak instantaneous convective heat flux in kilowatts per meter squared (kW/m²).
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Rocky Mountain Research Station
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Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -4
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Attribute_Definition:
Peak total instantaneous heat flux measurement in kilowatts per meter squared (kW/m²).
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Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 90
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAR_kW_m_2
Attribute_Definition:
Peak instantaneous narrow angle radiometer heat flux measurement in kilowatts per meter squared (kW/m²).
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Rocky Mountain Research Station
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Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 242.646256
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Total heat flux integrated over time in kilowatt-second per square meter (kW*s/m²).
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Rocky Mountain Research Station
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Convective heat flux integrated over time in kilowatt-second per square meter (kW*s/m²).
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Instantaneous vertical wind speed in meters per second (m/s).
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Lithium ion 12-volt.
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Feature geometry.
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Geospatial Measurement Solutions, LLC
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Geospatial Measurement Solutions, LLC
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DATA

\Data\FireBehaviorPackage.gdb: Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) File Geodatabase (FGDB)containing measurements recorded from the Fire Behavior package. These measurements consist of flame temperature, horizontal and vertical mass flow, and fire intensity. Data exist during the time of burning of each of the three Camp Swift burn blocks. (See the entity and attribute detail section above for a complete descriptions of the data available in this file.)


\Data\Video\InSitu_Compliation_Video\CampSwift.m2v: MPEG-2 Video Stream file that complied video representing all the individual ground videos recorded at Camp Swift. Video before the fire and after the fire is edited from this video and only the active-fire portions of the video are included compiled all of the individual video files into one video.


\Data\Video\InSitu_Individual_Video_Files: MPEG files containing individual ground videos for each location that had a ground camera installed in the three Camp Swift Burn Blocks. The name convention for each video is as follows: CS_BurnBlock#_Camera#. (GP stands for GoPro and Sony represents the Sony camera with specifications detailed in \Supplements\InstrumentationSpecifications.pdf)
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SUPPLEMENTAL FILES

NOTE: in the attached files, plot = burn block

Camp Swift Overview

\Supplements\CampSwiftFireExperiment2014_BurnBlockDesign.pdf: Adobe Acrobat PDF/a file containing a description of the 2014 Camp Swift Study Sites and processes used to create the burn block design.

\Supplements\CampSwiftFireExperiment2014_Project_Overview.pdf: Adobe Acrobat PDF/a file containing an overview of the 2014 Camp Swift Research Burns.

\Supplements\FieldNotes.pdf: Adobe Acrobat PDF file containing a scan of handwritten field notes recorded by the authors.


Images

\Supplements\FBP_Inside.jpg: JPEG image of the inside of the fire behavior package instrument.

\Supplements\FBP_Outside.jpg: JPEG image of the outside of the fire behavior package instrument.


Instrument Locations

\Supplements\InstrumentIgnitionLocations.pdf: Geospatial PDF file containing a map showing instrument locations.

\Supplements\InstrumentSpecifications.pdf: Adobe Acrobat PDF/a file containing a list of the instruments used in this study along with their specifications, such as the type, accuracy, measurements, etc.
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