Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Western Forest Fire Research Center, Colorado State University Dataset Title: 1999 Fontainebleau Wildfire study Dataset Release Date: unpublished material Dataset Publisher: Western Forest Fire Research Center, Colorado State University

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > COASTAL MISSISSIPPI

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS >NATURAL HAZARDS >WILDFIRES    [Definition]

BIOSPHERE >ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS >FIRE ECOLOGY >FIRE DYNAMICS    [Definition]

BIOSPHERE >ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS >FIRE ECOLOGY >FIRE OCCURRENCE    [Definition]

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA ENVIRONMENT

Project

SFP >SOUTHERN FIRE PORTAL    [Information]

Quality

Error checks have been completed. Since only one treatment area was affected by the Fontainebleau fire, plots are pseudo-replicates. The treatment boundary was defined by a railroad which may have augmented the effect of the treatment on the behavior of the wildfire. We deemed this unlikely, however, since the wildfire crossed the railroad more than once, as well as a much wider two-lane highway with a mown median. Crown base heights may be underestimated in high severity plots where lower limbs were consumed. Needle scorch heights are limited by tree height and thus underestimated on completely scorched trees. Trees less than 10 cm in diameter were excluded from calculations of plot means for stand conditions and fire severity, since small trees are not accurately sampled by the variable radius plots employed in our sampling method.

Access Constraints

Data are owned by Colorado State University and will be used in publications currently in preparation. Data access requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Data access without the express written consent of the Western Forest Fire Research Center is prohibited.

Use Constraints

Data are owned by Colorado State University and will be used in publications currently in preparation. Data use requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Data use without the express written consent of the Western Forest Fire Research Center is prohibited.

Keywords

fuel treatments

longleaf pine

slash pine

stand conditions

wildfire severity

Mississippi

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University    [Information] Data Center URL: http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/ Data Center Personnel Name: ERIK J. MARTINSON Phone: 970.491.1779 Email: erikm at cnr.colostate.edu Contact Address: Colorado State University 131 Forestry City: Fort Collins Province or State: Colorado Postal Code: 80523

Personnel

ERIK J. MARTINSON Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: 970.491.1779 Email: erikm at cnr.colostate.edu Contact Address: Colorado State University 131 Forestry City: Fort Collins Province or State: Colorado Postal Code: 80523

TYLER B. STEVENS Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: (301) 614-6898 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Global Change Master Directory City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA