Wildfire burn severity and emissions inventory: an example implementation over California
Creators
- 1. University of California, Merced
- 2. University of Colorado Boulder
- 3. ASRC Federal Data Solutions*
- 4. USDA Forest Service Institute*
- 5. University of New Mexico
- 6. University of California Los Angeles
Description
These data were generated to map spatial burn severity and emissions of each historically observed large wildfires (>404 hectares (ha)) that burned during 1984–2020 in the state of California in the US. Event-based assessments were conducted at 30-m resolution for all fires and daily emissions were calculated at 500-m resolution for fires burned since 2002. A total of 1697 wildfires were assessed using the Wildfire Burn Severity and Emissions Inventory(WBSE) framework developed by Xu et al 2022. The comprehensive, long-term event and daily emissions records described here could be used to study health effects of wildfire smoke, either by combining them with transport modeling to model air quality and estimate exposures, or by incorporating them into statistical models predicting health impacts as a direct function of estimated emissions. These data will also facilitate analyses of changing emissions impacts on the carbon cycle over the last three decades. High resolution severity and emissions raster maps are generated for each fire event to support further spatial analysis. While the emissions calculated for California with WBSE are not a substitute for real-time daily emissions estimates, it is designed to extend the estimated emissions record back to 1984 with a finer spatial resolution and provide more up-to-date estimates on emissions factors reflecting information from California's recent extreme fires.
Notes
Please refer to README file.
Funding provided by: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection*
Crossref Funder Registry ID:
Award Number: #8GG14803
Funding provided by: California Department of Insurance*
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Award Number: 18028CA-AM 1
Funding provided by: California Energy Commission
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100004805
Award Number: EPC-18-026
Funding provided by: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Program*
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Award Number: NOAA NA170AR4310284
Funding provided by: Strategic Growth Council of California*
Crossref Funder Registry ID:
Award Number: CCR20021
Funding provided by: University of California Merced
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010945
Award Number: CCR20021
Funding provided by: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute*
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Funding provided by: University of California Research Initiatives
Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100014802
Award Number: UCOP MRPI 20170261-01
Funding provided by: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
Funding provided by: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Award Number: #8GG14803
Funding provided by: Strategic Growth Council of California
Award Number: CCR20021
Funding provided by: University of California Merced
Award Number: UC Lab Fees LFR-20-651032
Funding provided by: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Program
Award Number: NOAA NA170AR4310284
Funding provided by: California Department of Insurance
Award Number: 18028CA-AM 1
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Area_burned_in_each_burn_severity_class_and_emissions_per_fire_1984_2020.csv
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- 10.1088/1748-9326/ac80d0 (DOI)