Data for "Climate-driven tree mortality and fuel aridity increase wildfire’s potential heat flux"
Created by Marissa J. Goodwin

Temperature, 1000-hr Fuel Moisture Content (FMC) and Energy Release Component data used to generate Figure 1 were acquired from the publicly available GridMET dataset (https://www.climatologylab.org/gridmet.html) on May 13, 2021. Data was accessed via R and was not downloaded into CSV format.


1000-hr Fuel Moisture Content (FMC) and Temperature data for the southern Sierra Nevada used in Figure 2 and Calculation 1 were acquired from the publicly available Wildland Fire Assessment System dataset (WFAS, https://www.wfas.net/index.php/national-fuel-moisture-database-moisture-drought-103) and the publicly available Remote Automatic Weather Station Climate Archive (RAWS, https://raws.dri.edu/index.html), respectively. Data was accessed on May 13, 2021. 

WFAS 1000-hr fuel moisture data for the southern Sierra Nevada can be found in the following dataframes:

Mineral King.csv, Cedar Grove.csv, Grant Grove.csv, ash mountain.csv, Yosemite Valley.csv, Foresta.csv, Badger Pass.csv, wawona.csv, summit.csv, crane flat.csv, peddler.csv, mt elizabeth.csv, and Red Fir.csv. 

Columns in these dataframes are as follows:
Site = Site Name
Date = Date data was collected
Fuel = Fuel Type
Percent = Fuel Moisture Content

RAWS climate data for the southern Sierra Nevada can be found in the following dataframes:
Crane Flat Climate Data.csv, Mount Elizabeth Climate Data.csv, Wawona Climate Data.csv, Ash Mountain Climate Data.csv, and Cedar Grove Climate Data.csv

Columns in these dataframes are as follows:
mm/yyyy = Month and Year data was collected
Temp.Ave = Average Monthly Temperature
Ave.Daily.Max = Average Maximum Temperature (C)
Max. = Maximum Temperature (C)
Ave.Daily.Min = Average Minimum Temperature (C)
Min. = Minimum Temperature (C)
RH.Ave = Average Relative Humidity (%)
Max. = Maximum Relative Humidity (%)
Min. = Minimum Relative Humidity (%)
Tot.Precip = Total Precipitation (mm)


Forest Inventory and Analysis data presented in Figure 3 was acquired from the publicly available Forest Inventory and Analysis database (https://www.fia.fs.fed.us/) on May 13, 2021. All data for California and Colorado was downloaded through the R software environment using the rFIA package. CSV's include plots within Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine forests (CO_lodgepole.csv) and southern Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forests (SN_mixedcon.csv). These dataframes contain the specific data presented in Figure 3. Columns in these dataframes are as follows:
pltID = FIA plot identifier
Pre = Pre Disturbance Dead Tree Basal Area in Feet per Acre
Post = Post Disturbance Dead Tree Basal Area in Feet per Acre
Period = 10-year measurement period

Columns Pre and Post were used to calculate dead fuel loading (differences in dead tree basal area) in Calculation 4. 



1000-hr Fuel Moisture Content (FMC) and Temperature data for the Colorado Rocky Mountains used in Calculations 2 and 3 were acquired from the publicly available Wildland Fire Assessment System dataset (WFAS, https://www.wfas.net/index.php/national-fuel-moisture-database-moisture-drought-103) and the publicly available Remote Automatic Weather Station Climate Archive (RAWS, https://raws.dri.edu/index.html), respectively. Data was accessed on May 13, 2021. 

WFAS 1000-hr fuel moisture data for the Colorado Rocky Mountains can be found in the following dataframes:
Red Feather.csv, Beaver Meadows.csv, Kawuneeche.csv, Harbison Meadow.csv, Gould.csv, Kinney Creek.csv. 


Columns in these dataframes are as follows:
Site = Site Name
Date = Date data was collected
Fuel = Fuel Type
Percent = Fuel Moisture Content

RAWS climate data for the Colorado Rocky Mountains can be found in the following dataframe:
Red.Feather.Temp.csv

Columns in these dataframes are as follows:
mm/yyyy = Month and Year data was collected
Temp.Ave = Average Monthly Temperature
Ave.Daily.Max = Average Maximum Temperature (C)
Max. = Maximum Temperature (C)
Ave.Daily.Min = Average Minimum Temperature (C)
Min. = Minimum Temperature (C)
Year = Year data was collected
Month = Month data was collected