FLAME: a novel approach for modelling burned area in the Brazilian biomes using the Maximum Entropy concept - Input Data

This repository contains driving data used by training and evaluation of FLAME in the "FLAME: a novel approach for modelling burned area in the Brazilian biomes using the Maximum Entropy concept" paper. All NetCDF files are on regular, 0.5-degree grids on a monthly timestep over Brazil. 

Not all variables were used in the final analysis

               NetCDF File

    Variable

Used/not Used

Source/Reference

burned_area.nc

Burned area

As training data

MCD64A1/ Giglio et al. (2018)

burned_area_nat_veg.nc

Burned area in natural vegetation

As training data

MCD64A1/ Giglio et al. (2018) and Mapbiomas, 2022

burned_area_non_nat_veg.nc

Burned area in non natural vegetation

As training data

MCD64A1/ Giglio et al. (2018) and Mapbiomas, 2022

 tas_max.nc

 Maximum Temperature

Used

ISIMIP3a

FRIELER et al. (2023)

precip.nc

Precipitation

Used

vpd.nc

Vapor pressure deficit

Not Used

rhumid.nc

 Relative Humidity 

Not Used

consec_dry_days.nc

Consecutive number of dry days 

Not Used

soilM.nc

Soil  Moisture

Not Used

JULES-ES

lightn.nc   

 Lightning

Not Used

 ISIMIP3a

FRIELER et al. (2023)

popDen.nc

 Population density

Not Used

road_density.nc

Road density

Used

 GRIP global

(MEIJER et al., 2018)

cveg.nc

Vegetation carbon

Not Used

JULES-ES

csoil.nc

Carbon in dead vegetation

Used

JULES-ES

forest.nc

  Forest

Used

 MAPBIOMAS, 2022

grassland.nc

  Grassland

Not Used

savanna.nc

  Savanna

Not Used

cropland.nc

  Cropland

Not Used

pasture.nc

  Pasture

Used

np.nc

Number of patches 

Not Used

Calculated from MAPBIOMAS,2022

ed.nc 

Edge density
Used