Fire behavior dataset of Campos Amazônicos Fire Experiment (Amazonas, Brazil)

This dataset presents fire behavior data related to the Campos Amazônicos Fire Experiment (CAFE) (Amazonas, Brazil) project. Located within a protected area within the largest enclave of tropical savanna in the Southern Amazon, CAFE comprises a careful and systematic experimental design that was conceived from the start to evaluate satellite observations and their potential and limitations in studying spatial and temporal fire dynamics in tropical savannas.

More information about the experimental design can be found in the following publication:

Alves, D. B.; Fidelis, A.; Pérez-Cabello, F.; Alvarado, S. T.; Conciani, D. E.; Cambraia, B. C.; Silveira, A. L. P.; Silva, T. S. F. Impact of Image Acquisition Lag-Time on Monitoring Short-Term Postfire Spectral Dynamics in Tropical Savannas: the Campos Amazônicos Fire Experiment. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing v. 16, n. 3 (2022) - https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.16.034507

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August 08, 2022 - Version 1.0 includes data from 24 experimental fires carried out in 2019 (12 in Early-Dry Season - EDS; 12 in Middle-Dry Season - MDS), each corresponding to a plot of 1 hectare (100x100 meters). Controlled burning occurred during two separate field campaigns in 2019, the first between May 19th and 25th, and the second between August 22nd and 26th. The files available include: i) a table (Fire_behavior_dataset.csv) that contains the fire parameters calculated for each experimental fire performed; ii) a text file (List_of_variables.rtf), which details each variable available in the table.

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We thank the management team of the Campos Amazônicos National Park, and in particular to its Fire Brigade (squad leaders José Furtado Neto, Genaldo Júnior, Ademilton Carvalho, Simei Limoeiro, José Alexandre Medeiros, Antonio Machado and Leandro Lacerda, and on behalf of them to all other members of the brigade), who ensure safe burning of all fire experiments (SISBIO license number 67210-5). This work was supported by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP, grant numbers 2019/07357-8; 2015/06743-0); the Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (CNPq, grant numbers 154660/2018-3; 441968/2018-0; 303988/2018-5)