Effects of fuels reduction treatments on the soil temperature, heat-flux, water content, and CO2 at Manitou Experimental Forest

From 2001 to 2006 data were collected to measure the effects of different fuels reduction treatments on the soils of the Manitou Experimental Forest, Colorado. The data includes profiles of temperature, heat-flux, water content, and CO2 at different depths in the soil and a horizontal transect surface radiation. Fuels reduction treatments included slash-piles, broadcast/lop-and-scatter areas, chipped areas, and control areas. The slash-piles and several broadcast/lop-and-scatter areas were burned. The different treatments and measurements were distributed among six pseudo-replicate plots. Also included in this package are photographs and a video taken during this fire experiment.At the Manitou Experimental Forest, Colorado, several large areas were mechanically thinned as part of ongoing research. The slash that remained after thinning was used to create different fuels reduction treatments, which included slash-piles, broadcast/lop-and-scatter areas, and chipped areas. The slash-piles and several broadcast/lop-and-scatter areas were burned. The purpose of this experiment was measure the effects of these fuels reduction treatments on the underlying soil.Original metadata date was 03/16/2007. Metadata modified 07/03/2008 to include the UTM coordinates for each Rep. Metadata modified on 02/07/2011 to adjust citation to include the addition of a DOI (digital object identifier). Minor changes made to metadata on 05/03/2013 when this data publication became available through the R&D Data Archive. Additional minor metadata updates were made on 12/20/2016. On 10/14/2020, the photographs included in this package were also updated. On 09/16/2024, URLs for related articles were updated and a few other minor metadata updates.