RxCADRE 2008, 2011, and 2012: Lidar data and derived raster products

This data package contains raw lidar data and derived raster products from the 2008, 2011, and 2012 Prescribed Fire Combustion and Atmospheric Dynamics Research Experiment (RxCADRE). Data include LAZ lidar files and derived rasters including terrain, canopy height, mean intensity surfaces, as well as percent canopy cover. Lidar acquisition areas are located in Eglin Air Force Base, northeast of Valparaiso, Florida in Okaloosa County and the Joseph Jones Ecological Research Center near Camilla, Georgia.
The RxCADRE project was developed as a response to a lack of integrated, quality-assured fuels, atmospheric, fire behavior, energy, smoke and effects data, a problem which hinders scientists' abilities to evaluate fire models and tackle fundamental fire science questions. The goal of the project was to allow leading fire scientists to come together and collect fire data on the same prescribed burns and to create quality fire and fuels data that can be shared between scientists and placed in a public database so it can be accessed by anyone.
A short summary of the RxCADRE project can be found in the full data package download (\Supplements\RxCADRE_Project_Overview.pdf). Information about the RxCADRE project can also be found here: https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera/research/rxcadre/. Original metadata date was 03/06/2015. The 2011 digital terrain model and canopy surface model files for Eglin 703c were originally provided as hill shades and were normalized to height above ground. On 09/08/2016 these data were corrected, and all raster files were reproduced to ensure consistency. Additional documentation was included and other minor metadata updates completed. Minor metadata updates made on 12/15/2016 and 03/15/2021. On 06/22/2022, LAZ lidar files and corresponding raster products were added for a fourth area of the 2008 data, named ‘NW’, that was previously missing. Also, area names for the three other 2008 areas were changed. ‘Turkey Woods’, ‘Dubignon East’, and ‘North Boundary’ were changed to ‘CNT’, ‘SE’, and ‘NE’, respectively.