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This dataset provides field data from boreal forests in the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada, that were burned by wildfires in 2014. During fieldwork in 2015, 211 burned plots were established. From these plots, thirty-two forest plots were selected that were dominated by black spruce and were representative of the full moisture gradient across the landscape, ranging from xeric to sub-hygric. Plot observations included slope, aspect, and moisture. At each plot, one intact organic soil profile associated with a specific burn depth was selected and analyzed for carbon content and radiocarbon (14C) values at specific profile depth increments to assess legacy carbon presence and combustion. Vegetation observations included tree density. Stand age at the time of the fire was determined from tree-ring counts. Estimates of pre-fire below and aboveground carbon pools were derived. The percent of total NWT wildfire burned area comprising of "young" stands (less than 60 years old at time of fire) was estimated.

Product Summary

Platforms
FIELD SURVEYS ,
MODELS ,
LABORATORY
Instruments
CLINOMETERS ,
Computer ,
MASS SPECTROMETERS
Spatial Extent

N: 71.6947 S: 56.2542 E: -102 W: -136.119

Location
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2015-06-14 to 2015-06-14
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2170972694-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
3
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Burned Area ,
Vegetation Species ,
Forests ,
Fire Occurrence ,
Soil Classification ,
Tree Rings ,
Soil Depth ,
Carbon

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Walker, X. J., Baltzer, J. L., Laurier, W., Cumming, S. G., Day, N. J., Goetz, S. J., Johnstone, J. F., Potter, S., Rogers, B. M., Schuur, E. A. G., Turetsky, M. R., & Mack, M. C. (2019). ABoVE: Characterization of Carbon Dynamics in Burned Forest Plots, NWT, Canada, 2014 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1664 Date Accessed: 2026-05-01

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Accelerated rise in wildfire carbon emissions from Arctic continuous permafrost Zhu, Xingru, Jia, Gensuo, Xu, Xiyan Burned Area, Vegetation Species, Forests, Fire Occurrence, Soil Classification, Tree Rings, Soil Depth, Carbon, Vegetation Cover, Forest Fire Science, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Biomass, Emissions, Dominant Species, Biomass Burning, Surface Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Fire Dynamics, Topographic Effects
The ABoVE L-band and P-band airborne synthetic aperture radar surveys Miller, Charles E., Griffith, Peter C., Hoy, Elizabeth, Pinto, Naiara S., Lou, Yunling, Hensley, Scott, Chapman, Bruce D., Baltzer, Jennifer, Bakian-Dogaheh, Kazem, Bolton, W. Robert, Bourgeau-Chavez, Laura, Chen, Richard H., Choe, Byung-Hun, Clayton, Leah K., Douglas, Thomas A., French, Nancy, Holloway, Jean E., Hong, Gang, Huang, Lingcao, Iwahana, Go, Jenkins, Liza, Kimball, John S., Loboda, Tatiana, Mack, Michelle, Marsh, Philip, Michaelides, Roger J., Moghaddam, Mahta, Parsekian, Andrew, Schaefer, Kevin, Siqueira, Paul R., Singh, Debjani, Tabatabaeenejad, Alireza, Turetsky, Merritt, Touzi, Ridha, Wig, Elizabeth, Wilson, Cathy J., Wilson, Paul, Wullschleger, Stan D., Yi, Yonghong, Zebker, Howard A., Zhang, Yu, Zhao, Yuhuan, Goetz, Scott J. Burned Area, Vegetation Species, Forests, Fire Occurrence, Soil Classification, Tree Rings, Soil Depth, Carbon, Topographic Effects, Terrain Elevation, Dew Point Temperature, Alpine/Tundra, Humidity, Active Layer, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Wind Speed, Wildfires, Vegetation Cover, Soil Temperature, Wind Direction, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Dominant Species, Sensor Counts, Litter Characteristics, Organic Matter, Surface Roughness, Forest Fire Science, Biomass, Emissions, Lakes/Reservoirs, Rivers/Streams, Radar Backscatter, RADAR IMAGERY, Soil Texture, Cation Exchange Capacity, Soil Bulk Density, Soil Porosity, Permafrost, Aerosol Particle Properties, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Flight Data Logs, SIGMA NAUGHT, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Rivers/Stream, Infrared Imagery, Lake/Pond, Surface Water Features
Recent massive expansion of wildfire and its impact on active layer over pan-Arctic permafrost Zhu, Xingru, Xu, Xiyan, Jia, Gensuo Burned Area, Vegetation Species, Forests, Fire Occurrence, Soil Classification, Tree Rings, Soil Depth, Carbon, Vegetation Cover, Forest Fire Science, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Biomass, Emissions, Dominant Species, Biomass Burning, Surface Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Fire Dynamics, Topographic Effects
Increasing wildfires threaten historic carbon sink of boreal forest soils Walker, Xanthe J., Baltzer, Jennifer L., Cumming, Steven G., Day, Nicola J., Ebert, Christopher, Goetz, Scott, Johnstone, Jill F., Potter, Stefano, Rogers, Brendan M., Schuur, Edward A. G., Turetsky, Merritt R., Mack, Michelle C. Burned Area, Vegetation Species, Forests, Fire Occurrence, Soil Classification, Tree Rings, Soil Depth, Carbon, Vegetation Cover, Forest Fire Science, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Biomass, Emissions, Dominant Species
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