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    • MRI Historical Prescribed Burn Windows for the Southeast United States 1950-1999

    Metadata Updated: January 21, 2026

    Prescribed burning is a critical tool for managing wildfire risks and meeting ecological objectives, but its safe and effective application requires that specific meteorological criteria are met. This dataset contains results from a study examining the potential impacts of projected climatic change on prescribed burning in the southeastern United States. A set of burn window criteria (suitable weather conditions within which burning may occur based on maximum daily temperature, daily average relative humidity, and daily average wind speed), were applied to projections from an ensemble of Global Climate Models (GCM) under two greenhouse gas emission scenarios, as well as past observations for comparison. Data are provided as decadal output for observed conditions, and for individual GCM results for the historical climate scenario and the two future climate scenarios are provided. In addition, summary statistics (e.g., multi-model mean, and for selected quantiles) are provided for the GCM ensemble as a whole by decade.

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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 January 11, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 21, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date January 11, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 21, 2026
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
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    Data Last Modified 2021-09-20T00:00:00Z
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    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:12
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