RxCADRE 2008, 2011, and 2012: Radiometer locations

This data publication contains a geodatabase (and ASCII data files) with the dual-band ground radiometer locations within 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. Raw voltages recorded by these 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. These estimates of FRP and FRE were in turn used to validate estimates of FRP and FRE derived from airborne or satellite imagery.
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 allowing leading fire scientists to come together and collect fire data on the same prescribed burns and to create quality fire and fuels datasets 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 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/. Original metadata date was 09/17/2015. Minor metadata updates on 12/15/2016.