RxCADRE 2008, 2011, and 2012: Radiometer data

This package contains data from dual-band, tower-mounted radiometers deployed during the Prescribed Fire Combustion and Atmospheric Dynamics Research Experiment (RxCADRE) burn blocks in 2008, 2011, and 2012. These burn blocks are located at Eglin Air Force Base, northeast of Valparaiso, Florida, and at the Joseph Jones Ecological Research Center at Ichauway, near Camilla, Georgia. The radiometers have a nadir, downward-looking perspective. Raw voltages recorded by the radiometers were calibrated and used to estimate fire radiative power (FRP) and fire radiative energy (FRE) fluxes as fuel burned within their fields of view (FOV) at these locations. The archive includes two types of files, the first is an Excel file with macros (*.xlsm) that calibrates the raw voltage output. The second file type is a comma-delimited text file (*.csv) containing calibrated data. In a subset of datasets from 2011, saturated values near peak FRP were replaced with fitted values and, in those cases, an extra set of Excel and text files including the fitted values are provided.
The availability of integrated, quality-assured fuels, atmospheric, fire behavior, energy, smoke, and effects data from wildland fires are limited and this hinders our ability to evaluate fire models and tackle fundamental fire science questions. To help fill this void, the Prescribed Fire Combustion and Atmospheric Dynamics Research Experiment (RxCADRE) Fire Science Caucus collaboratively instrumented and collected fire data on 10 operational and 6 small replicate prescribed fires located in longleaf pine ecosystems during 2008, 2011, and 2012 at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida and the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center in Georgia. Through the technique of dual-band radiometry, the radiometer data provided measure fire radiated power and energy, fundamental descriptors of wildland fires that are used in remote sensing and smoke emission modeling. The radiation measurements collected here have been related to fuel consumption and compared with other radiation measurements that have different spatial extents and resolutions. Radiometer data are available for all fires in all years at different levels of replication.
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: https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera/research/rxcadre/. See Hudak et al. (2015) for the associated radiometer location data. Original metadata date was 09/21/2015. Minor metadata updates on 07/01/2016, which included updating citations for journal articles that are now available. Minor metadata updates on 12/19/2016.