LANDIS-II input dataset of scenarios, climate, ecoregions, and parameters for the development of outcome prioritization on fuel treatment placement in extreme fire weather in Dinkey Creek watershed within the Sierra National Forest

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Below you will find a list and description fo the files available in this data publication and a short description of their contents.

Description of models:

From the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) family, four general circulation models (listed below) that bracket the precipitation and temperature envelope of the region where chosen. Each model was run under Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5 where rcp85 is rising radiative forcing, leading to 8.5 Watts per square meter (W/m2) by 2100 (equivalent to 1370 parts per million carbon dioxide [CO2] equivalent). Because climate model simulations are dependent on the initial state, in the CMIP5 project, ensemble members are named in the rip-nomenclature, r for realization, i for initialization and p for physics, followed by an integer, e.g. r1i1p1.

1. CCSM = CCSM4_r6i1p1_rcp85 which is the Community Climate System Model 4 with 1° atmosphere, land, ocean, and sea ice where realization=6, initialization=1, physics=1 and was run under the Representative Concentration Pathways 8.5

2. CNRM = CNRM-CM5_r1i1p1_rcp85 which is the CNRM-CM5 model where realization=1, initialization=1, physics=1 and was run under the Representative Concentration Pathways 8.5

3. FGOALS = FGOALSg2_r1i1p1_rcp85 which is the Flexible Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System Model: Grid-point Version 2 where realization=1, initialization=1, physics=1 and was run under the Representative Concentration Pathways 8.5

4. MIROC5 = MIROC-ESM_r1i1p1_rcp85 which is the MICRO5 model where realization=1, initialization=1, physics=1 and was run under the Representative Concentration Pathways 8.5



\DATA\BASEHARVEST\

DinkeyThinOnly.txt: ASCII text file containing file calls, parameters, and input data for the LANDIS-II Leaf Biomass Harvest extension where the prescription is thinning only. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Leaf Biomass Harvest v2.1 Extension User Guide and the Base Harvest LANDIS-II Extension v4.0 User Guide.

DinkeyThinRxFire_100.txt: ASCII text file containing file calls, parameters, and input data for the LANDIS-II Leaf Biomass Harvest extension; Dinkey Creek Fuel Reduction Thinning treatment where the prescription is thinning and prescribed fire. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Leaf Biomass Harvest v2.1 Extension User Guide and the Base Harvest LANDIS-II Extension v4.0 User Guide.

DinkeyThinRxFire_OpCon.txt: ASCII text file containing file calls, parameters, and input data for the LANDIS-II Leaf Biomass Harvest extension; Dinkey Creek Fuel Reduction Thinning treatment where the prescription is thinning and prescribed fire. Prescribed fire is excluded from individual sites within a stand if they have not reached a minimum time since damaged by disturbance. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Leaf Biomass Harvest v2.1 Extension User Guide and the Base Harvest LANDIS-II Extension v4.0 User Guide.

DinkeyThinRxFire_OpCon_Priority.txt: ASCII text file containing file calls, parameters, and input data for the LANDIS-II Leaf Biomass Harvest extension; Dinkey Creek fuel reduction thinning where treatment placement optimization approach was used to treat portions of the landscape that have an evidenced high probability of high severity fire. The prescription includes thinning and prescribed fire where prescribed fire is excluded from individual sites within a stand if they have not reached a minimum time since damaged by disturbance. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Leaf Biomass Harvest v2.1 Extension User Guide and the Base Harvest LANDIS-II Extension v4.0 User Guide.


\DATA\CENTURYSUCCESSION\

bio-reductions-standard.txt: ASCII text file containing the biomass parameters for the LANDIS-II Age-only Disturbances - Biomass Parameters. This file is used when age-only disturbances kill biomass cohorts. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Century Succession v4.0 User Guide.

century-succession_ProjClim_CCSM.txt: Main input file containing nearly all of the input parameters for the LANDIS-II Century Succession extension. It is an ASCII text file containing file calls, parameters, and input data where climate is projected by the CCSM4 (CCSM4_r6i1p1_rcp85) model. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Century Succession v4.0 User Guide.

century-succession_ProjClim_CNRM.txt: Main input file containing nearly all of the input parameters for the LANDIS-II Century Succession extension. It is an ASCII text file containing file calls, parameters, and input data where climate is projected by the CNRMCM5 (CNRM-CM5_r1i1p1_rcp85) model. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Century Succession v4.0 User Guide.

century-succession_ProjClim_FGOALS.txt: Main input file containing nearly all of the input parameters for the LANDIS-II Century Succession extension. It is an ASCII text file containing file calls, parameters, and input data where climate is projected by the FGOALS-g2 (FGOALSg2_r1i1p1_rcp85) model. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Century Succession v4.0 User Guide.

century-succession_ProjClim_MIROC5.txt: Main input file containing nearly all of the input parameters for the LANDIS-II Century Succession extension. It is an ASCII text file containing file calls, parameters, and input data where climate is projected by the MIROC-ESM (MIROC-ESM_r1i1p1_rcp85) model. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Century Succession v4.0 User Guide.

ic_dinkey_shrubs_aged.txt: ASCII text file containing the definitions of the initial community classes for the LANDIS-II Century Succession extension. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Century Succession v4.0 User Guide.


\DATA\CLIMATE\

Climate-generator-daymet_ProjClim_CCSM.txt: ASCII text file containing the main climate configuration for the LANDIS-II Century Succession extension, where climate is projected by the CCSM4 (CCSM4_r6i1p1_rcp85) model. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Climate Library v4.0 User Guide.

Climate-generator-daymet_ProjClim_CNRM.txt: ASCII text file containing climate configuration for the LANDIS-II Century Succession extension, where climate is projected by the CNRMCM5 (CNRM-CM5_r1i1p1_rcp85) model. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Climate Library v4.0 User Guide.

Climate-generator-daymet_ProjClim_FGOALS.txt: ASCII text file containing climate configuration for the LANDIS-II Century Succession extension, where climate is projected by the FGOALS-g2 (FGOALSg2_r1i1p1_rcp85) model. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Climate Library v4.0 User Guide.

Climate-generator-daymet_ProjClim_MIROC5.txt: ASCII text file containing climate configuration for the LANDIS-II Century Succession extension, where climate is projected by the MIROC-ESM (MIROC-ESM_r1i1p1_rcp85) model. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Climate Library v4.0 User Guide.

Dinkey_CCSM4_RCP85.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing climate data for climate configuration, where climate is projected by the CCSM4 (CCSM4_r6i1p1_rcp85) model. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Climate Library v4.0 User Guide.

Dinkey_CMIP_Historic.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing historic climate data for climate configuration. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Climate Library v4.0 User Guide.

Dinkey_CNRM_RCP85.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing climate data for climate configuration, where climate is projected by the CNRMCM5 (CNRM-CM5_r1i1p1_rcp85) model. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Climate Library v4.0 User Guide.

Dinkey_FGOALS_RCP85.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing climate data for climate configuration, where climate is projected by the FGOALS-g2 (FGOALSg2_r1i1p1_rcp85) model. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Climate Library v4.0 User Guide.

Dinkey_MIROC5_RCP85.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing climate data for climate configuration, where climate is projected by the MIROC-ESM (MIROC-ESM_r1i1p1_rcp85) model. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Climate Library v4.0 User Guide.

DinkeyClimate_Daymet_Formatted.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing historic climate data for climate configuration.


\DATA\FIRE


DinkeyDFFS_DecadalProj.txt: Main input file containing nearly all of the input parameters for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension where the initial weather database is the season weather data. It is an ASCII text file containing file calls, parameters, and input data. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.

DinkeyDFFS_Severe_V2.txt: Main input file containing nearly all of the input parameters for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension where the initial weather database is the severe fire weather data. It is an ASCII text file containing file calls, parameters, and input data. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.

DinkeyDFFS_V2.txt: Main input file containing nearly all of the input parameters for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension where the initial weather database is the historic fire weather data. It is an ASCII text file containing file calls, parameters, and input data. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.

DinkeyFireRegions.tif: Tiff file of the input map showing where the Fire ecoregions are located on the Dinkey Creek landscape for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.

DinkeyFW_ensemble_1.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing the initial weather database (season weather data) for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.

DinkeyFW_ensemble_2.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing year 5 weather data for the Dynamic Weather Table for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.

DinkeyFW_ensemble_3.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing year 10 weather data for the Dynamic Weather Table for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.

DinkeyFW_ensemble_4.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing year 15 weather data for the Dynamic Weather Table for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.

DinkeyFW_ensemble_5.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing year 20 weather data for the Dynamic Weather Table for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.

DinkeyFW_ensemble_6.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing year 25 weather data for the Dynamic Weather Table for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.

DinkeyFW_ensemble_7.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing year 30 weather data for the Dynamic Weather Table for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.

DinkeyFW_ensemble_8.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing year 35 weather data for the Dynamic Weather Table for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.

DinkeyFW_ensemble_9.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing year 40 weather data for the Dynamic Weather Table for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.

DinkeyFW_ensemble_10.csv: Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing year 45 weather data for the Dynamic Weather Table for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.

DinkeySlope.tif: Tiff file containing percent ground slope for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.

uphillaz.tif: Tiff file (and associated metadata uphillaz.tif.xml) containing the direction (azimuth) of uphill slope for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.


\DATA\LANDISII\

DinkeyEcoregions.tif: Tiff file of the input map showing where the ecoregions are located on the Dinkey Creek landscape. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

DinkeyEcoregions.txt: ASCII text file containing parameter definitions of the ecoregions on the Dinkey Creek landscape. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

DinkeyIC_Resampled.tif: Tiff file of the input map showing where the initial communities are located on the Dinkey Creek landscape.

DinkeySpecies.txt: ASCII text file containing table of basic parameters for tree species for the Dinkey Creek landscape. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

DinkeyStands.tif: Tiff file containing map that defines the Dinkey Creek landscape stands where each grid cell is a unique stand.

Idealized_ThinOnly_HistoricFire.txt: ASCII text file containing input files for LANDIS-II scenario where assuming a fully restored landscape (idealized landscape) and fire effects are consistent with the historic, fire-maintained condition. The management scenario employed is mechanical thinning. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

Idealized_ThinOnly_HistoricFireLowP.txt: ASCII text file containing input files for LANDIS-II scenario where assuming a fully restored landscape (idealized landscape) and fire effects are consistent with the historic, fire-maintained condition. The management scenario employed is mechanical thinning where areas are prioritized for treatment and excluded areas available to treat that had a low probability of severe fire. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

Idealized_ThinOnly_SevereFire.txt: ASCII text file containing input files for LANDIS-II scenario where assuming a fully restored landscape (idealized landscape) and severe fire weather condition. The management scenario employed is mechanical thinning. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

Idealized_ThinOnly_SevereFireLowP.txt: ASCII text file containing input files for LANDIS-II scenario where assuming a fully restored landscape (idealized landscape) and severe fire weather condition. The management scenario employed is mechanical thinning where areas are prioritized for treatment and excluded areas available to treat that had a low probability of severe fire. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

Idealized_ThinRxFire_HistoricFire.txt: ASCII text file containing input files for LANDIS-II scenario where assuming a fully restored landscape (idealized landscape) and fire effects are consistent with the historic, fire-maintained condition. The management scenario employed is mechanical thinning and prescribed burning. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

Idealized_ThinRxFire_HistoricFireLowP.txt: ASCII text file containing input files for LANDIS-II scenario where assuming a fully restored landscape (idealized landscape) and fire effects are consistent with the historic, fire-maintained condition. The management scenario employed is mechanical thinning and prescribed burning where areas are prioritized for treatment and excluded areas available to treat that had a low probability of severe fire. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

Idealized_ThinRxFire_SevereFire.txt: ASCII text file containing input files for LANDIS-II scenario where assuming a fully restored landscape (idealized landscape) and severe fire weather condition. The management scenario employed is mechanical thinning and prescribed burning. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

Idealized_ThinRxFire_SevereFireLowP.txt: ASCII text file containing input files for LANDIS-II scenario where assuming a fully restored landscape (idealized landscape) and severe fire weather condition. The management scenario employed is mechanical thinning and prescribed burning where areas are prioritized for treatment and excluded areas available to treat that had a low probability of severe fire. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

OpCon_HSFPriority_ThinRxFire.txt: ASCII text file containing input files for LANDIS-II scenario where assuming severe fire weather and fuel reduction thinning where treatment placement optimization approach was used to treat portions of the landscape that have an evidenced high probability of high severity fire. The prescription includes thinning and prescribed fire where prescribed fire is excluded from individual sites within a stand if they have not reached a minimum time since damaged by disturbance. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

OpCon_ThinRxFire.txt: ASCII text file containing input files for LANDIS-II scenario where assuming severe fire weather data and fuel reduction treatment where the prescription is thinning and prescribed fire. Prescribed fire is excluded from individual sites within a stand if they have not reached a minimum time since damaged by disturbance. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

OpConMgmt.tif: Tiff file containing map that defines the Dinkey Creek landscape management areas.

OpConMgmt_priority.tif: Tiff file containing map that defines the Dinkey Creek landscape management areas.

ProjClimate_HSFPriority_CCSM.txt: ASCII text file containing parameters and file calls for LANDIS-II scenario where climate is projected by the CCSM4 (CCSM4_r6i1p1_rcp85) model and. the fuel treatment placement optimization approach was used to treat portions of the landscape that have an evidenced high probability of high severity fire. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

ProjClimate_HSFPriority_CNRM.txt: ASCII text file containing parameters and file calls for LANDIS-II scenario where climate is projected by the CNRMCM5 (CNRM-CM5_r1i1p1_rcp85) model and the fuel treatment placement optimization approach was used to treat portions of the landscape that have an evidenced high probability of high severity fire.. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

ProjClimate_HSFPriority_FGOALS.txt: ASCII text file containing parameters and file calls for LANDIS-II scenario where climate is projected by the FGOALS-g2 (FGOALSg2_r1i1p1_rcp85) model and the fuel treatment placement optimization approach was used to treat portions of the landscape that have an evidenced high probability of high severity fire. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

ProjClimate_HSFPriority_MIROC5.txt: ASCII text file containing parameters and file calls for LANDIS-II scenario where climate is projected by the MIROC-ESM (MIROC-ESM_r1i1p1_rcp85) model and the fuel treatment placement optimization approach was used to treat portions of the landscape that have an evidenced high probability of high severity fire.lea. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

ProjClimate_NoMan_CCSM.txt: ASCII text file containing parameters and file calls for LANDIS-II scenario where climate is projected by the CCSM4 (CCSM4_r6i1p1_rcp85) model. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.

ProjClimate_NoMan_CNRM.txt: ASCII text file containing parameters and file calls for LANDIS-II scenario where climate is projected by the CNRMCM5 (CNRM-CM5_r1i1p1_rcp85) model. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.


\DATA\LEAFBIOMASS\

DinkeyLeafBio.txt: ASCII text file containing parameters for Leaf Biomass Output extension.

dynamic-leaf-biomass-fuels.txt: ASCII text file containing parameters, and input data for the LANDIS-II Dynamic Leaf Biomass Fuel System extension. Full description of variables and units can be found in the LANDIS-II Dynamic Leaf Biomass Fuel System Extension v2.0 User Guide.


\SUPPLEMENTS\

14-1-01-2_JFSP_final_report.pdf: Portable document format file (PDF) containing the 2018 JFSP Final Report (Project ID: 14-1-01-2): Outcomes prioritization on fuel treatment placement in extreme fire weather in 3 CFLRP landscapes.

LANDIS-II Base Harvest v4.0 User Guide.pdf: Portable document format file (PDF) containing a description of the Base Harvest extension for the LANDIS-II model.

LANDIS-II Century Succession v4.0 User Guide.pdf: Portable document format file (PDF) containing a description of the Century Succession extension for the LANDIS-II model.

LANDIS-II Climate Library v4.0 User Guide.pdf: Portable document format file (PDF) containing a description of the Climate library for the LANDIS-II model.

LANDIS-II Dynamic Fire System Extension v3.0 User Guide.pdf: Portable document format file (PDF) containing a description of the Dynamic Fuels and Fire System extension for the LANDIS-II model.

LANDIS-II Dynamic Fuels - Leaf Biomass v2.0 User Guide.pdf: Portable document format file (PDF) containing a description of the Dynamic Leaf Biomass Fuel System extension for the LANDIS-II model.

LANDIS-II Leaf Biomass Harvest v2.1 User Guide.pdf: Portable document format file (PDF) containing a description of the Leaf Biomass Harvest extension for the LANDIS-II model.

LANDIS-II Model v7.0 User Guide.pdf: Portable document format file (PDF) containing a description of the general formatting rules for input files, how to run a scenario, and input files common to all scenarios.

Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:

See User Guides and JFSP Final Report available in the \Supplements folder.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20190828

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Dr. E. Louise Loudermilk

Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Forest Disturbance Science

Contact_Position: Research Ecologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical

Address: 320 Green Street

City: Athens

State_or_Province: GA

Postal_Code: 30602

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 706-559-4309

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: eva.l.loudermilk@usda.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001.1-1999