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New, S.; Belcher, C.; Crawford, A.; de Oliveira, E.; Marimon, B.H.; Feldpausch, T.R.

Reflectance of charcoal from tropical rainforest plots in southern Amazonia, Brazil and southwestern Amazonia, Peru, 2015

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https://doi.org/10.5285/b2b5498c-8eef-44b0-9610-844784f9f16b
This dataset includes charcoal reflectance measurements. The charcoal pieces were collected from the soil surface in tropical rainforest plots in Feliz Natal (southern Brazil, n= 75) and Pucallpa (Peru, n=14) in 2015. In total, 89 charcoal pieces were measured for reflectance. The reflectance measurements were taken in a minimum of 24 and a maximum of 70 repetitions per sample.
Publication date: 2023-07-20
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Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2015-01-01    to    2015-12-31

Provenance & quality

The charcoals pieces were collected from soil surface (0-5 cm depth) in tropical rainforest plots in Feliz Natal (southern Brazil, n= 75) and Pucallpa (Peru, n=14). Any organic material or soil was removed from the samples using the hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) digestion method, leaving the charcoal clean. After that, the samples were embedded in resin and then polished and then measured for reflectance in the Exeter Fire Lab.

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This dataset will be available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
New, S.; Belcher, C.; Crawford, A.; de Oliveira, E.; Marimon, B.H.; Feldpausch, T.R. (2023). Reflectance of charcoal from tropical rainforest plots in southern Amazonia, Brazil and southwestern Amazonia, Peru, 2015. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b2b5498c-8eef-44b0-9610-844784f9f16b

Citations

New, S. (2020). Charcoal Reflectance: A Quantitative Approach to Understanding the Impact of Fire on an Ecosystem. University of Exeter. PhD Dissertation. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/120478
Crawford, A., Feldpausch, T., Marimon, B.H., de Oliveira, E., Belcher, C. (in press). Effect of tree wood density on energy release and charcoal reflectance under constant heat exposure. International Journal of Wildland Fire. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF22156

Correspondence/contact details

Prof. Claire Belcher
University of Exeter
 C.Belcher@exeter.ac.uk

Authors

Belcher, C.
University of Exeter
Crawford, A.
University of Exeter
de Oliveira, E.
Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso (UNEMAT)
Marimon, B.H.
Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso (UNEMAT)
Feldpausch, T.R.
University of Exeter

Other contacts

Rights holder
University of Exeter
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
Keywords
charcoal , fire , Reflectance , tropical forest
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/N011570/1
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, CAPES, Brazil) Award: PVE177-2012
SilvaCarbon
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/L002434/1
Last updated
19 August 2024 10:18