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ABoVE: Burn Severity, Fire Progression, and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2015-2016

Published by ORNL_DAAC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Catalog Last Checked: June 23, 2026 at 09:44 PM | Dataset Last Updated: June 22, 2026
This data set provides a fire progression map for year 2015 and measures of burn severity and vegetation community biophysical data collected from areas that were burned by wildfires in 2014 and 2015 in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Field data collected in 2016 include an estimate of burn severity, woody seedling/sprouting data, soil moisture, peat depth, thaw depth, and vegetation cover for selected sites.

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license https://www.usa.gov/government-works
modified 2026-06-22
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temporal 2015-05-20/2016-08-08
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title ABoVE: Burn Severity, Fire Progression, and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2015-2016

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