This data set contains estimates of understory fuel loads (forest litter) at six locations near Paragominas in Northeastern Amazonia. Samples were collected from three different forest conditions: primary forest, logged forest, and burned forest. Volumes and weights are provided by size and condition class based on the planar transect method of estimating understory fuel loads (Brown 1971). Means and standard errors are reported from 3 transects in each forest x condition class.
There is one comma-delimited data file (.csv) with this data set.
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Lefebvre, P.A., D.C. Nepstad, and P.R. Moutinho. 2014. LBA-ECO CD-05 Forest Understory Fuel Loads, Paragominas, Para, Brazil: 2001. Data set. Available on-line [http://daac.ornl.gov] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1233
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Project: LBA (Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in the Amazon)
Activity: LBA-ECO
LBA Science Component: WHRC Tropical Forest Ecology Data for Amazonia and the Cerrado
LBA Science Component: Carbon Dynamics
Team ID: CD-05 (Nepstad / Miranda)
The investigators were Nepstad, Daniel Curtis; Miranda, Heloisa S.; Andrade, Sergio Viana de ; Arce, Javier Alberto; Asner, Gregory Paul; Bamberger, Barbara; Belk, Elizabeth Leslie; Bishop, Joshua Thomas; Breyer, Lace Medeiros; Cardinot, Gina Knust; Carvalho, Oswaldo de; Chermont, Larissa Steiner; Dias-Filho, Moacyr Bernardino; Diaz, Maria del Carmen Vera; Figueiredo, Ricardo de Oliveira; Guerrero, Jose Benito; Holbrook, Noel Michele; Kingerlee, Wendy; Klink, Carlos Augusto; Lefebvre, Paul A.; Maklouf, Eduardo Jorge; Markewitz, Daniel; Merry, Frank David; Miranda, Antonio C.; Monacao, Luciana; Morton, Douglas Christopher; Moutinho, Paulo Roberto de Souza; Oliveira, Rafael Silva; Peters, Charles Merideth; Pinto, Flavia dos Santos ; Quesada, Carlos Alberto Nobre; Ray, David Graham; Rivero, Sergio; Santos, Alexandre J. B. ; Schwalbe, Karen R.; da Silva, Dulce Alves; Solorzano Cardenas, Luis Anibal and da Silva, Wanderley Rocha . You may contact Nepstad, Daniel C. (dnepstad@whrc.org) ; Moutinho, Paulo Roberto de Souza (moutinho@amazon.com.br) ; Lefebvre, Paul A. (paul@whrc.org) and Kingerlee, Wendy (wkingerlee@whrc.org)
LBA Data Set Inventory ID: CD05_Forest_Fuel_Loads
This data set contains estimates of understory fuel loads (forest litter) at six locations near Paragominas in Northeastern Amazonia. Samples were collected from three different forest conditions: primary forest, logged forest, and burned forest. Volumes and weights are provided by size and condition class based on the planar transect method of estimating understory fuel loads (Brown 1971). Means and standard errors are reported from 3 transects in each forest x condition class.
Data are provided in a single comma-delimited file: CD05_Fuel_Loads.csv
Data quality issues: There are no specific coordinates or dates for the sampling locations and the data units and descriptions could not be verified.
Table 1. Data file description
| Column | Column Heading | Units/format | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Location | Study location: Bosque, Jussara, Pimental, Pitangueiras, Sgertrudis, Vitoria | |
| 2 | Cover_type | Forest cover type: Logged forest, Burned forest, or Primary forest | |
| 3 | Size_class | cm | Size and condition class based on the planar transect method of estimating understory fuel loads (Brown 1971), reported in centimeters (cm) |
| 4 | Fuel_load_vol | m3/ha-1 | Fuel load volume: mean obtained from 3 transects in each forest cover type x size & condition class, reported in m3/ha-1 |
| 5 | Vol_stderr | Standard error of mean fuel load volume | |
| 6 | Fuel_load_wt | tons/ha-1 | Fuel load weight: mean obtained from 3 transects in each forest cover type x size & condition class, reported in tons/ha-1 |
| 7 | Wt_stderr | Standard error of mean fuel load weight |
Example Data Records:
| Location,Cover_type,Size_class,Fuel_load_vol,Vol_stderr,Fuel_load_wt,Wt_stderr Bosque,Logged forest,0-0.6cm,0.701,0.043,0.484,0.03 Bosque,Logged forest,0.6-2.5cm,0.79,0.167,0.545,0.115 Bosque,Logged forest,2.5-7.6cm,8.39,1.102,5.789,0.76 ... Jussara,Burned forest,>7.6cm rotten,11.97,3.009,6.195,1.557 Pimental,Logged forest,0-0.6cm,0.809,0.085,0.558,0.058 Pimental,Logged forest,0.6-2.5cm,2.931,0.575,2.022,0.397 ... Vitoria,Primary forest,2.5-7.6cm,9.858,1.616,6.802,1.115 Vitoria,Primary forest,>7.6cm solid,21.018,9.798,14.503,6.761 Vitoria,Primary forest,>7.6cm rotten,23.758,8.326,12.295,4.308 |
Site boundaries: (All latitude and longitude given in decimal degrees)
| Site (Region) | Westernmost Longitude | Easternmost Longitude | Northernmost Latitude | Southernmost Latitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Para eastern (Belem) | -47.5160 | -47.5160 | -2.9830 | -2.9830 |
Time period:
Platform/Sensor/Parameters measured include:
These data cuold be used to calculate forest flammability to fire or to estimate fire intensity.
Data quality issues: There are no specific coordinates or dates for the sampling locations and the data units and descriptions could not be verified.
Site description:
The fuel load samples were collected from six locations in the Paragominas region of northeast Para state, in the eastern Brazilian Amazonia. The soils are clay-rich, the mean annual precipitation is 1,800 mm, and is highly seasonal.
Sample collections:
The samples were collected from different forest conditions: primary forest, logged forest, and burned forest using techniques described in Brown et al., (1982). The procedure furnishes estimates for live and dead vegetation by diameter class. Volumes and weights are provided by size and condition class based on the planar transect method of estimating understory fuel loads (Brown 1971).
These data are available through the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC).
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Brown J.K., R.D. Oberheu, and C.M. Johnston. 1982. Handbook for inventorying surface fuels and biomass in the Interior West, General Technical Report INT-129. USDA Forest Service Ogden, 48 pp.
Brown, J. (1971). A Planar intersect method for sampling fuel volume and surface area. Forest Science, 17(1): 96-102.
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