Field measurements of ground, surface, ladder, and crown fuels 2-32 years following Dendroctonus ponderosae epidemics in the Pinus contorta zone of south-central Oregon

Research Data Product File Index

File Folder Description
_metadata_RDS-2014-0017.html   Metadata file in HTML format containing a description of the content, quality, and other characteristics of the data.
_metadata_RDS-2014-0017.xml   Metadata file in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format containing a description of the content, quality, and other characteristics of the data.
canopy.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing measurements of overstory tree canopy along four transects at each plot.
densiometer.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing point measurements of overstory tree canopy obtained from a densiometer at five points in each plot.
fuel_depth.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing measurements of ground fuels (litter, duff, and fuel intercept) along four transects at each plot.
fuel_moisture_wind_inputs.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing fuel moisture and wind speed input values used for fire behavior modeling in BehavePlus.
fuelcalc_canopy.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing canopy fuels input values calculated in FuelCalc from field measured data used for fire behavior modeling in BehavePlus.
fuels_coarse.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing measurements of coarse woody (1000 hour) fuels along four transects at each plot.
fuels_fine.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing measurements of fine woody (1 hour, 10 hour and 100 hour) fuels along four transects at each plot.
ground_cover.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing estimates of various ground cover types within four quadrats at each plot.
photos.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing photograph file names and associated plot name and photograph direction.
plot.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing general plot information such as global positioning system coordinates, aspect, slope, presence/absence of ladder fuels, personnel who collected the data, and general plot observations.
seed_sap.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing measurements of seedling and sapling size and density within four subplots at each plot.
shrub.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing measurements of shrub density and biomass within four subplots at each plot.
surface_fuels_stage.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing surface fuels input values calculated in FuelCalc from field measured data used for fire behavior modeling in BehavePlus (by time since beetle stage).
surface_fuels_tsb.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing surface fuels input values calculated in FuelCalc from field measured data used for fire behavior modeling in BehavePlus (by time since beetle year).
tree.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing overstory live and dead tree measurements such as diameter at breast height, total height, height to crown base, dwarf mistletoe rating, vigor rating, decay class (for snags).
veg.csv \Data Comma-delimited ASCII text file containing estimates of herbaceous and graminoid vegetation cover within four quadrats at each plot.
09-1-06-17_final_report.pdf \Supplements Adobe Acrobat PDF file containing the JFSP Final Report "Fuel Dynamics and Potential Fire Behavior in Lodgepole Pine following Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemics in south-central Oregon".
DATAFILE_metadata.csv \Supplements\MoreMetadata Comma-delimited ASCII text files (one for each DATAFILE: canopy, densiometer, fueld_depth, etc.) containing a list of all of the variables in the specified data file along with a description, units, and many other attributes of each variable.
DATAFILE_enumeration.csv \Supplements\MoreMetadata Comma-delimited ASCII text files (where applicable, one for each DATAFILE: canopy, densiometer, fuel_depth, etc.) containing a list of the variables in the specified data file that contain codes along with the definition and/or source for each code.
DATAFILE_taxa.csv \Supplements\MoreMetadata Comma-delimited ASCII text files (where applicable, one for each DATAFILE: canopy, densiometer, fuel_depth, etc.) containing a list of the species codes used in the specified data file along with the corresponding scientific and common name for that species.
IMG_xxxx.jpg \Supplements\Photos 1099 JPG files containing photographs of ground, surface, and canopy fuels taken at each plot location from all cardinal directions, in addition to a picture of the canopy. Images are sequentially numbered such that xxxx = 0048 to 2128. Photos.csv contains information about each photograph.
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