Remotely sensed fine fuel data for Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (BANWR) from 2015 to 2020
Data for journal manuscript: Remotely Sensed Fine-Fuel Changes from Wildfire and Prescribed Fire in a Semi-Arid Grassland
Dates
Publication Date
2022-12-08
Start Date
2015
End Date
2020
Citation
Wells, A.G., and Munson, S.M., 2022, Remotely sensed fine-fuel data for Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (BANWR) from 2015 to 2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9347I2H.
Summary
These data were compiled to estimate fine-fuel abundance and distribution across the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in southern Arizona, USA. The objectives of the study were to develop and validate annual estimates of fine fuel (biomass of herbaceous vegetation) for the refuge and to assess changes in fine fuels through time in response to wildfire and prescribed fire. These data represent the amount of herbaceous biomass or fine fuels (kg/ha) present at a 10-m resolution derived from in-situ estimates of ground cover modeled with satellite imagery. These satellite image data were collected over the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge during leaf-on (August) and leaf-off (November) time periods annually from 2015-2020, by [...]
Summary
These data were compiled to estimate fine-fuel abundance and distribution across the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in southern Arizona, USA. The objectives of the study were to develop and validate annual estimates of fine fuel (biomass of herbaceous vegetation) for the refuge and to assess changes in fine fuels through time in response to wildfire and prescribed fire. These data represent the amount of herbaceous biomass or fine fuels (kg/ha) present at a 10-m resolution derived from in-situ estimates of ground cover modeled with satellite imagery. These satellite image data were collected over the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge during leaf-on (August) and leaf-off (November) time periods annually from 2015-2020, by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2A MSI. In-situ field data were collected in the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge from 2012-2015 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. These data can be used to understand changes in fine fuel distribution through time and to assess impacts of wild and prescribed fire on fuel loads.
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Related External Resources
Type: Related Primary Publication
Wells, A., Munson, S., Sesnie, S., and Villarreal, M., 2021, Remotely Sensed Fine-Fuel Changes from Wildfire and Prescribed Fire in a Semi-Arid Grassland: MDPI (online), https://doi.org/10.3390/fire4040084.
The purpose of these data are to estimate changes in the distribution of fine fuels through time. These data were created to assist in management of fire at the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. These data could be used by future researchers to plan management scenarios for mitigating wildfire risk and develop longer intervals of pre-fire conditions for future events and to inform a mixed-modeling approach to derive an inferential capacity of predicting future outcomes of prescribed fires based on observed events.
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