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Fire Intensity and Burn Severity Metrics for Circumpolar Boreal Forests, 2001-2013
This data set provides products characterizing immediate and longer-term ecosystem changes from fires in the circumpolar boreal forests of Northern Eurasia and North America. The data include fire intensity (fire radiative power; FRP), increase in spring albedo, decrease in tree cover, normalized burn ratio, normalized difference vegetation index, and land surface temperature, as well as three derived fire metrics: crown scorch, vegetation destruction, and fire-induced tree mortality. Longer-term changes are indicated by mean albedo determined 5-12 years after fires, mean percent decrease in tree cover 5-7 years after fires, and mean annual burned percentage. The data cover the period 2001-2013 and are provided at quarter, half, and one degree resolutions for boreal forests within the 40 to 80 degree North circumpolar region. The data were derived from a variety of sources including MODIS products, climate reanalysis data, and forest inventories. A data file with identified boreal forest area (pixels), as defined by climate and vegetation type, and a file with the defined North American and Eurasian boreal forest study regions are included.
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| description | This data set provides products characterizing immediate and longer-term ecosystem changes from fires in the circumpolar boreal forests of Northern Eurasia and North America. The data include fire intensity (fire radiative power; FRP), increase in spring albedo, decrease in tree cover, normalized burn ratio, normalized difference vegetation index, and land surface temperature, as well as three derived fire metrics: crown scorch, vegetation destruction, and fire-induced tree mortality. Longer-term changes are indicated by mean albedo determined 5-12 years after fires, mean percent decrease in tree cover 5-7 years after fires, and mean annual burned percentage. The data cover the period 2001-2013 and are provided at quarter, half, and one degree resolutions for boreal forests within the 40 to 80 degree North circumpolar region. The data were derived from a variety of sources including MODIS products, climate reanalysis data, and forest inventories. A data file with identified boreal forest area (pixels), as defined by climate and vegetation type, and a file with the defined North American and Eurasian boreal forest study regions are included. |
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| identifier | 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1520 |
| keyword |
[ "earth-science-ecological-dynamics-biosphere-fire-ecology", "earth-science-ecosystems-biosphere-terrestrial-ecosystems", "earth-science-natural-hazards-human-dimensions-wildfires", "earth-science-surface-radiative-properties-land-surface-albedo", "earth-science-vegetation-biosphere-crown", "earth-science-vegetation-biosphere-vegetation-index" ] |
| license | https://www.usa.gov/government-works |
| modified | 2026-06-23 |
| programCode |
[ "026:000" ] |
| publisher |
{ "name": "ORNL_DAAC", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| spatial |
"["CARTESIAN", [{"WestBoundingCoordinate": -180.0, "NorthBoundingCoordinate": 80.0, "EastBoundingCoordinate": 180.0, "SouthBoundingCoordinate": 40.0}]]"
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| temporal | 2001-01-01/2013-12-31 |
| theme |
[ "Earth Science" ] |
| title | Fire Intensity and Burn Severity Metrics for Circumpolar Boreal Forests, 2001-2013 |
