Average annual fraction of grid cell burned (1971-2000) for the eastern Oregon study area, USA

Apr 28, 2011 (Last modified Sep 27, 2011)
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This map represents the mean annual fraction of the gridcell affected by wildfire, simulated by the model MC1 for the 30-year period 1971-2000.  The data is from output variable PART_BURN in MC1 version B60.  The data is a unitless fraction; values range from 0 to 0.110.  The mean value is 0.008.
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David Conklin, Conservation Biology Institute
Funded by the United States Forest Service, Western Wildland Threat Assessment Center. 
Principal investigators are Dominique Bachelet, Conservation Biology Institute and Becky Kerns, United States Forest Service.
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D. Bachelet, R.P. Neilson, J.M. Lenihan, and R.J. Drapek. Climate Change Effects on Vegetation distribution and Carbon Budget in the U.S. 2001. Ecosystems 4(3):164-185.

This paper and others about MC1 are available at: http://www.fsl.orst.edu/dgvm/publications.htm
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simulation, bachelet, vegetation, conklin, respiration, carbon, fire, kerns, regime, mc1, climate, prism, usfs, burned area, wwetac, community, biotic
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