RxCADRE 2012: Instrument and infrared target survey locations and attributes

This data package contains one shapefile of 875 target survey locations of the 2012 burns from the Prescribed Fire Combustion and Atmospheric Dynamics Research Experiment (RxCADRE) project. This peoject was a collaboration of 30 leading fire scientists across 6 fire disciplines to collect various data on 7 large operational prescribed fires in 2008 and 2011 at the Eglin Air Force Base in Okaloosa County, Florida and the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center in Georgia. In 2012 the project was extended by the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) to include 6 small replicate and 3 large operational prescribed burn blocks in longleaf pine ecosystems on Eglin Air Force Base. In addition to the locations of these survey points, this data package also contains additional information about each point such as instruments used, dates taken, and identification numbers.
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.
This data package is part of the RxCADRE research project, which includes other types of measurements, such as fire and fuel measurements which are also housed in this archive. A short summary of the RxCADRE project can be found in the full data publication download (\Supplements\RxCADRE_Project_Overview.pdf). Additional information about the RxCADRE project can also be found here: https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera/research/rxcadre/. Original metadata 6/1/2016. Minor metadata updates on 12/16/2016 and 07/10/2020.