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    • ABoVE: Characterization of Carbon Dynamics in Burned Forest Plots, NWT, Canada, 2014

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    This dataset provides field data from boreal forests in the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada, that were burned by wildfires in 2014. During fieldwork in 2015, 211 burned plots were established. From these plots, thirty-two forest plots were selected that were dominated by black spruce and were representative of the full moisture gradient across the landscape, ranging from xeric to sub-hygric. Plot observations included slope, aspect, and moisture. At each plot, one intact organic soil profile associated with a specific burn depth was selected and analyzed for carbon content and radiocarbon (14C) values at specific profile depth increments to assess legacy carbon presence and combustion. Vegetation observations included tree density. Stand age at the time of the fire was determined from tree-ring counts. Estimates of pre-fire below and aboveground carbon pools were derived. The percent of total NWT wildfire burned area comprising of "young" stands (less than 60 years old at time of fire) was estimated.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    Radiocarbon concentration (delta14C) in the atmosphere over time, showing the bomb peak in 1966 (red dotted line) and theoretical positions of delta14C of soil depth increments (points) (Walker et al., 2019).

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2170972694-ORNL_CLOUD
    Data First Published 2019-04-12
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-06-12
    Category ABoVE, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Walker, X.J., J.L. Baltzer, W. Laurier, S.G. Cumming, N.J. Day, S.J. Goetz, J.F. Johnstone, S. Potter, B.M. Rogers, E.A.G. Schuur, M.R. Turetsky, and M.C. Mack. 2019. ABoVE: Characterization of Carbon Dynamics in Burned Forest Plots, NWT, Canada, 2014. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1664
    Graphic Preview Description Radiocarbon concentration (delta14C) in the atmosphere over time, showing the bomb peak in 1966 (red dotted line) and theoretical positions of delta14C of soil depth increments (points) (Walker et al., 2019).
    Graphic Preview File https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/ABoVE_Soil_Radiocarbon_NWT_Fig1.jpg
    Harvest Object Id 41bbd638-e4f0-4fda-a656-d2bf30743a0b
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1664
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -136.12 56.25 -102.0 71.69
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 0709e215184a989b4814880e53254357af1a109df817b332c8cac4f0141675d8
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2015-06-14T00:00:00Z/2015-06-14T23:59:59Z

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