Reflectance of charcoal from tropical rainforest plots in southern Amazonia, Brazil and southwestern Amazonia, Peru, 2015
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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
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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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Format
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.
Licensing and constraints
This dataset is 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
Related
This dataset is included in the following collections
Past fires, forest composition, and carbon in vegetation and soils of intact Amazonian forests
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
Authors
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7992-2179 Other contacts
Rights holder
University of Exeter
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Additional metadata
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
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
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01 May 2025 07:53