RxCADRE 2008, 2011, and 2012: Ground cover fractions

This comma-delimited ASCII file contains estimated ground cover fractions at the post-fire clip plot locations at the Prescribed Fire Combustion and Atmospheric Dynamics Research Experiment (RxCADRE) units burned in 2008, 2011, and 2012. These plots are located at the Eglin Air Force Base, northeast of Valparaiso, Florida in Okaloosa County and the Joseph Jones Ecological Research Center at Ichauway, near Camila, Georgia. Cover types estimated include percent surface cover of green vegetation, non-photosynthetic vegetation (NPV), the char fraction of the NPV, ash and exposed mineral soil cover components.
The purpose of these data are to relate measures of surface fuel loadings and consumption collected by the Ottmar et al. field crews to the first-order post-fire effects of percent ash and percent char cover. Residual green vegetation, other unburned organic material (classified as NPV), and exposed mineral soil are other variables of interest that have been quantified to facilitate linking fuel loadings and consumption to fire effects and fire severity.
A short summary of the RxCADRE project can be found in the full data publication download (\Supplements\RxCADRE_Project_Overview.pdf). Information about the RxCADRE project can also be found here: //www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera/research/rxcadre/. Original metadata date was 12/12/2014. Minor metadata updates on 12/14/2016.