Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: U.S. Geological Survey Publication_Date: 20060801 Title: Kern, Highbridge East, Highbridge West and Quarry Fires of Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks - 2005 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Raster digital data. Vector data are also available as ArcView Shape Files. Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Sioux Falls, South Dakota USA Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey Online_Linkage: http://edc.usgs.gov Description: Abstract: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has entered into a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service (NPS) to deliver satellite imagery and derivitive products centered on major fires that impact national parks and other federal lands. This data set was compiled at the request of a federal land management agency and is part of a suite of products generated for a specific fire. See the National Burn Severity Mapping web site at: http://edc2.usgs.gov/fsp/severity/fire_main.asp Purpose: The purpose of this project is to develop a robust mapping methodology and consistent data products that allow federal land managers and fire ecologists to evaluate and compare burn severity within individual fires and between fires across various ecosystems. These products will help land managers to more effectively plan, implement and monitor fire recovery activities. Supplemental_Information: Fire Names: Kern, Highbridge East, Highbridge West, Quarry Agency: National Park Service Land Management Unit: Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks Dates of Fires: Kern: 10/27/2005 Highbridge East: 10/24/2005 Highbridge West: 10/6/2005 Quarry: 9/13/2005 Type of assessment: Extended Assessment Acres within Fire Perimeter: Kern: 530 Highbridge East: 870 Highbridge West: 1500 Quarry: 390 Landsat Path and Row: 41/35 Pre-Fire Landsat Date/Scene ID: Landsat 5; July 10, 2005/LT5041035000519110 Post-Fire Landsat Date/Scene ID: Landsat 5; July 13, 2006/LT5041035000619410 Output Dataset Projection: UTM UTM Zone: 11 Datum Name: NAD83 Spheroid Name: GRS80 Image subset Corner Coordinate (center of upper left pixel, projection meters) ULX: 336870 LRX: 382350 ULY: 4068510 LRY: 4015110 Image subset size: #Rows: 1781 #Columns: 1517 Pixel size: 30 meters Bounding Box: North Lat: 36 45 07 N South Lat: 36 16 18 N East Long: 118 18 54 W West Long: 118 48 52 W Latitude and Longitude within Fire Perimeter: Kern: Lat: 36 21 58 N Long: 118 23 45 W Highbridge East: Lat: 36 27 33 N Long: 118 36 43 W Highbridge West: Lat: 36 28 21 N Long: 118 38 19 W Quarry: Lat: 36 34 59 N Long: 118 44 39 W Fire Perimeter: Original perimeters were provided by Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks and were edited based on the dNBR and the postfire imagery. For further information on NLAPS and Landsat TM data, please refer to the metadata documentation found on the USGS Clearinghouse website at: http://www.fgdc.gov/clearinghouse/clearinghouse.html Product List: hiwe05b_pretm.tif Pre-Fire Landsat data subset (bands 1-5,7 Geo-TIFF format) hiwe05b_postm.tif Post-Fire Landsat data subset (bands 1-5,7 Geo-TIFF format) hiwe05b_dnbr Differenced Normalized Burn Ratio (DNBR) subset (ArcInfo GRID) hiwe05b_pi Fire Perimeter (shape file) hiwe05b_hist.xls DNBR pixel count within the fire perimeter (excel file) d413507050706 Full Scene DNBR (ArcInfo GRID) Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Multiple_Dates/Times: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20050710 (pre-fire image) Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20051027 (date Kern fire began) Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20051024 (date Highbridge East fire began) Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20051006 (date Highbridge West fire began) Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20050913 (date Quarry fire began) Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20060713 (post-fire image) Currentness_Reference: ground condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: as needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.48.52 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.18.54 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.45.07 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.16.18 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: burn mapping Theme_Keyword: imagery Theme_Keyword: fire Theme_Keyword: Landsat Theme_Keyword: National Park Service Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Sequoia & Kings National Parks Place_Keyword: Kern Place_Keyword: Highbridge East Place_Keyword: Highbridge West Place_Keyword: Quarry Place_Keyword: California Access_Constraints: FTP data sets are available to any user. Use_Constraints: There are no restrictions on use, except for reasonable and proper acknowledgement of information sources. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: +001 605-594-6151 or (USA) 800-252-4547 Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: CSR Contact_Voice_Telephone: +001 605-594-6151 Contact_Address: Address_Type: physical and mailing address Address: 47914 252nd Street City: Sioux Falls State_or_Province: SD Postal_Code: 57198-0001 Country: USA Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: +001 605-594-6933 Contact_Voice_Telephone: +001 605-594-6151 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +001 605-594-6589 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fsedc@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: 0800 - 1600 CT, M-F, -6 h GMT Contact_Instructions: http://edc2.usgs.gov/fsp/severity/contact_us.asp Data_Set_Credit: USGS and NASA Native_Data_Set_Environment: Oracle, ERDAS Imagine, & ArcInfo Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Three on-board calibrators (two solar, one internal) provide an absolute accuracy of 5 percent, excluding band 6. Logical_Consistency_Report: These Landsat data are collected from a nominal altitude of 705 kilometers in a near-polar, near-circular, sun-synchronous orbit at an inclination of 98.2 degrees, imaging the same 183-km swath of Earth's surface every 16 days. The pixels representing the bands for the image are in the data set only once. Completeness_Report: Fire perimeter was automated, (seed value 425, distance 325) with manual edits. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Energy reflected from Earth's surface passes through a whisk-broom scanning system and all-reflective optics before being collected by the solid-state detectors at the focal plane. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: These data products are derived from Landsat Thematic Mapper data. A pre-fire scene and a post-fire scene are analyzed to create a Differenced Normalized Burn Ratio (DNBR) image. The DNBR image portrays the variations of burn severity within the fire. The Landsat images are terrain corrected and geometrically rectified to an Albers Conical Equal Area map projection using the National Landsat Archive Production System (NLAPS). The images are further processed to convert bands 1-5 and 7 to at-satellite-reflectance. The Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR) is computed for each date of imagery using the following formula: (Band 4 - Band 7) / (Band 4 + Band 7) = NBR The differenced NBR is computed by subtracting the post-fire NBR from the pre-fire NBR: PreNBR - PostNBR = DNBR Higher DNBR values are correlated with more severe burns. The DNBR image is evaluated to determine the threshold value between burned and unburned areas. The perimeter of the fire is delineated using the DNBR image. The DNBR image, the pre-fire and post-fire TM images, and a fire perimeter vector file are provided in digital format in the map projection used by the National Park Service. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: TM Process_Date: 20060801 Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: DNBR Cloud_Cover: 10 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Position: Principal Scientist Land Cover Applications Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 47914 252nd Street USGS EROS City: Sioux Falls State_or_Province: SD Postal_Code: 57198-0001 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: +001 605-594-6151 Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone: +001 605 594-6933 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +001 605 594-6589 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: fsedc@usgs.gov Hours_of_Service: 0800 - 1600 CT, M-F, -6 h GMT Contact_Instructions: http://edc2.usgs.gov/fsp/severity/contact_us.asp Distribution_Liability: No warranty expressed or implied is made by the USGS regarding the use of the data, nor does the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. 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