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Tree Mortality from Fires and Bark Beetles at 1-km Resolution, Western USA, 2003-2012

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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1512
Version1.1
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Published2017-06-20
Updated2022-11-28
Usage2187 downloads
Citations1 publication cited this dataset

Description

This dataset provides annual estimates of tree mortality due to fires and bark beetles from 2003 to 2012 on forestland in the continental western United States. Tree mortality was estimated at 1-km spatial resolution by combining tree aboveground carbon (AGC) and disturbance datasets derived largely from remote sensing. Tree mortality is expressed as the amount of AGC stored in trees killed by disturbance (Mg carbon per km2). The dataset also includes annual uncertainty maps that were generated using a Monte Carlo approach in which tree biomass, biomass carbon content, and disturbance severity were iteratively varied by their uncertainty.

Science Keywords

  • AGRICULTURE
  • AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE
  • PLANT DISEASES/DISORDERS/PESTS
  • BIOSPHERE
  • ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
  • FIRE ECOLOGY
  • FIRE OCCURRENCE
  • HUMAN DIMENSIONS
  • NATURAL HAZARDS
  • WILDFIRES
  • BURNED AREA
  • BIOSPHERE
  • ECOSYSTEMS
  • TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
  • FORESTS

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Berner, L.T., B.E. Law, A.J. Meddens, and J.A. Hicke. 2019. Tree Mortality from Fires and Bark Beetles at 1-km Resolution, Western USA, 2003-2012. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1512

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