Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014: Instrument locations

This data publication contains the location of instruments placed in the field as part of a prescribed fire research campaign conducted at the Camp Swift Military Base in Bastrop County, Texas on January 15, 2014. The Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014 consisted of three fires ignited in burn blocks of dimensions 100 meters (m) by 100 m on January 15, 2014. Fires were ignited on relatively flat areas of grass vegetation in moderate winds. This dataset represents the locations of 289 ground instruments placed during the research burns. Each point contains additional information about the instrument geographic setup, and accuracy of recorded positions. Data associated with each instrument are available in separate data packages within the Forest Service Research Data Archive.
The objective of the research burns was to create a dataset comprised of ground based and remote sensing measurements. Recording of instrument locations was conducted so that individual measurements can be co-located in space with all other measurements. The majority of the instrument locations were documented with a GEOXH GeoExplorer 6000 series Trimble - differential Global Positioning System (GPS) unit. Post-processing of GPS collected data was done in Pathfinder Office 5.4. A minimum of four satellites were required for recording GPS points found in this dataset. The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Smart Setting for position dilution of precision (PDOP), signal to noise ratio (SNR) and estimate of horizontal error (EHE) on the Trimble unit was selected for this site, requiring no adjustments of settings within the study area. Wide Area Augmentation Systems (WAAS) along with post-processing enhanced the precision of the data derived. A custom data dictionary for field collection was created to facilitate data collection. Locations of specific thermocouples on the rake were determined based on the thermocouple spacing and the beginning location of each thermocouple rake as recorded with a Garmin GPS unit by the Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014, Fire Behavior Group.
A summary of the Camp Swift project can be found in the full data download (\Supplements\ CampSwiftFireExperiment2014_Project_Overview.pdf). A United States Forest Service ArcGIS Online interactive website is also developed to describe the study and examine the integrated data quality for the Camp Swift effort (see cross reference below). Finally, a document detailing the procedures used to set up the burn blocks can be found in the full data download (\Supplements\CampSwiftFireExperiment2014_BurnBlockDesign.pdf).