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Contributor(s):
  • Bret W. Butler
    US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program
  • Daniel M. Jimenez
    US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire, Fuel, and Smoke Science Program
  • Casey C. Teske
    US Fish and Wildlife Service
Publisher(s):
  • US Forest Service, Research Data Archive
Funding Source(s):
  • Joint Fire Science Program
  • US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
  • US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Publication Date: 2018

This data publication contains measurements from a Sound Detecting and Ranging (SODAR) unit collected as part of a prescribed fire research campaign conducted at the Camp Swift Military Base in Bastrop County, Texas on January 15, 2014. The Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014 consisted of three fires ignited in burn blocks of dimensions 100 meters (m) by 100 m on January 15, 2014. Fires were ignited on relatively flat areas of grass vegetation in moderate winds. A Sound Detecting and Ranging (SODAR) unit gathers wind speed and directionality from the sound waves, initially emitted by the SODAR to the atmosphere, that are reflected by the air flow above the unit. Prior to the day of ignition fuels were cleared around the SODAR to reduce damage from fire. These data were recorded from an Atmospheric Research & technology, LLC model VT-1 profiler SODAR system installed on the western edge of the burn blocks, in the middle of burn block 2. The unit collected vertical profile data prior to, during and after each of the burns. The SODAR provided 10-minute averages of wind direction, and speed at 10-m vertical intervals from 30-m to 250-m. Signal dropout with these data appeared to occur at 110-m and above. Included in this data publication (\Supplements\InstrumentSpecifications.pdf) is a document that contains more information on the instrument specification and accuracies. [This data product is archived in the USFS Research Data Archive, number RDS-2018-0051.]

Citation: Butler, Bret W.; Jimenez, Daniel M.; Teske, Casey C. 2018. Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014: SODAR measurements. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2018-0051.
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Keywords:
  • anemometer
  • biota
  • environment
  • SODAR - Sound Detecting and Ranging
  • Texas
  • thermocouples
  • time series
  • wildland fire
  • wind
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FRAMES Record Number: 57825