Title: Low-cost UAS platforms to quantify and predict post-fire recovery in arid shrublands 
	Dataset DOI: 10.7923/96mc-a063

Description:
	The data incorporate the geospatial information associated with the project, including 10 different wildfire sites in south-western Idaho, USA burnt between 1996-2015. Each wildfire site is approximately 2ha in area, located at the intersection of the wildfire line, spanning the burnt and unburnt parts of the landscape. The data includes three parts: (i) wildfire lines within each site digitized using GoogleEarth historic imagery; (ii) the locations of 723 points for 25 m2 plot centroids, randomly distributed within each site; (iii) individual plant geolocations for >23,000 observations mapped on the landscape with ~3 cm accuracy, including plant functional group, species, and size category. 

	**Data reuse**
	Any inquiries regarding data reuse should be sent to Trevor Caughlin (Principal Investigator | trevorcaughlin@boisestate.edu) or Andrii Zaiats (Graduate Research Assistant | andriizaiats@u.boisestate.edu)
	*License*: [CC-BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) 
	*Recommended Citation*: Zaiats A and Caughlin TT (2023) Low-cost UAS platforms to quantify and predict post-fire recovery in arid shrublands [dataset]. University of Idaho. https://doi.org/10.7923/96mc-a063

Resource URL: https://data.nkn.uidaho.edu/dataset/low-cost-uas-platforms-quantify-and-predict-post-fire-recovery-arid-shrublands

Creator(s):	
	1. Full Name: Andrii Zaiats
		Unique Identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8978-4152
		Affiliation(s): Boise State University 
	2. Full Name: T. Trevor Caughlin 
		Unique identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6752-2055
		Affiliation(s):	Boise State University

Other Contributor(s): NULL

Publisher: University of Idaho

Publication Year: 2023

Language(s): American English

Subject(s):

	1. NATURAL SCIENCES
		1.5 Earth and Environmental sciences
		1.6 Biological sciences
	2. ENGINEERING AND TECHONOLGY
		2.7 Environmental engineering

Keywords/Tags: UAS, unoccupied aerial systems, post-fire recovery, wildfire, arid, shrublands

Resource Type General: Dataset	

Date available for the public: Upon publication

Sizes: 6.5 MB

Format(s): geojson, txt

Version: NULL 

Funding References: These data were generated as part of the JFSP project, and were funded by the Joint Fire Science Program, Graduate Research Innovation program under Project ID:  21-1-01-43.

Spatial/Geographical Coverage Location:
	Study Area Description: southwestern Idaho, USA 
	Geospatial Extent: 
		Easting: -115.30161
		Westing: -117.04356
		Northing: 43.68948
		Southing: 42.55019
	Point Location(s): NULL

Temporal Coverage: 
	Start Date: 2022-05-01
	End Date: 2022-10-31

Granularity of the Data: NULL

Contact Info: 
	Contact Name: Trevor Caughlin
	Contact Email: trevorcaughlin@boisestate.edu

Related Content:  
	JFSP Report - In prep
	Peer reviewed manuscript - In prep

Data Dictionaries:
	1-burn_lines.geojson
		{"type": "FeatureCollection",
		"name": "burn_lines",
		"crs": { "type": "name", "properties": { "name": "urn:ogc:def:crs:OGC:1.3:CRS84" } }
		"features": [
			{ "type": "Feature", "properties": { 
				"site": unique alphanumeric identifier to distinguish each site [VARCHAR(50)],
				"year": year of wildfire that occurred in the site in YYYY numeric format [INT],
				"elevation": numeric input for elevation above sea level [DOUBLE], 
				"burn": integer-based binary (0/1) input indication the burnt and unburnt sections of the site [INT] }, 
				"geometry": { "type": "MultiPolygon", "coordinates": degrees longitude and latitude (-ddd.ddddd, dd.dddddd) } [DOUBLE]
		}] }

	2-plot_data.geojson
		{"type": "FeatureCollection",
		"name": "plot_data",
		"crs": { "type": "name", "properties": { "name": "urn:ogc:def:crs:OGC:1.3:CRS84" } }
		"features": [
			{ "type": "Feature", "properties": { 
				"site": unique alphanumeric identifier to distinguish each site [VARCHAR(50)],
				"cid": numeric identifier of a plot nested within a site [INT] }, 
				"geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": degrees longitude and latitude (-ddd.ddddd, dd.dddddd) } [DOUBLE]
		}] }

	3-plant_data.geojson
		{"type": "FeatureCollection",
		"name": "plant_data",
		"crs": { "type": "name", "properties": { "name": "urn:ogc:def:crs:OGC:1.3:CRS84" } }
		"features": [
			{ "type": "Feature", "properties": { 
				"id": unique alphanumeric identifier to distinguish an individual plant using ([site]_[plant_id])  [VARCHAR(50)],
				"cid": numeric identifier of a plot nested within a site [INT],
				"Class": categorical identifier to assign each plant into one of five categories (bins): cactus, forb, grass, shrub, tree [ENUM]

					Possible values: 

						cactus: a succulent plant that belongs to Cactaceae family

						forb: a herbaceous, non-woody plant typically with broad leaves and showy flowers, other than a grass, sedge, or rush

						grass: a herbaceous plant that belongs to Poaceae family

						shrub: a woody plant with branches and regenerative buds located close to the ground

						tree: a woody plant with branches and regenerative buds located well above ground

				"species": text description of taxonomic assignment for each plant to the finest resolution possible via field observation (e.g., family, genus, species, etc.) [VARCHAR(255)],
				"Ht_gt_25": integer-based binary (0/1) variable indicating if a plant is above (1) or below (0) 25 cm tall [INT],
				"site": unique alphanumeric identifier to distinguish each site [VARCHAR(50)]  }, 
				"geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": degrees longitude and latitude (-ddd.ddddd, dd.dddddd) } [DOUBLE]	"geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": degrees longitude and latitude (-ddd.ddddd, dd.dddddd) } [DOUBLE]

		}] }