Fuel loads monitoring dataset of Campos Amazônicos Fire Experiment (Amazonas, Brazil)

This dataset presents fuel loads monitoring data related to the Campos Amazônicos Fire Experiment (CAFE) (Amazonas, Brazil) project. Located within a protected area within the largest enclave of tropical savanna in the Southern Amazon, CAFE comprises a careful and systematic experimental design that was conceived from the start to evaluate satellite observations and their potential and limitations in studying spatial and temporal fire dynamics in tropical savannas. More information about the experimental design can be found in the following publication: Alves, D. B.; Fidelis, A.; Pérez-Cabello, F.; Alvarado, S. T.; Conciani, D. E.; Cambraia, B. C.; Silveira, A. L. P.; Silva, T. S. F. Impact of Image Acquisition Lag-Time on Monitoring Short-Term Postfire Spectral Dynamics in Tropical Savannas: the Campos Amazônicos Fire Experiment. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing v. 16, n. 3 (2022) - https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.16.034507 _____________________________________________________________________________ August 08, 2022 - Version 1.0 includes data from 30 monitored experimental plots of 1 hectare each (100×100 m). Three experimental treatments were then established: 12 plots were burned in May (Early-Dry Season – EDS), further 12 plots were burned in August (Mid-Dry Season – MDS), and 6 plots were kept as control by ensuring fire exclusion throughout the duration of the experiment. Controlled burning occurred during two separate field campaigns in 2019, the first between May 19th and 25th, and the second between August 22nd and 26th. Measurements of fuel load were obtained from eight subplots of 0.5 × 0.5 m randomly distributed within each plot. Samples included graminoids, leaves and branches near the ground. Biomass was dried at 70°C for 48 hours, and weighed to determine total fuel load (kg. m-2) for each sample. Samples were taken before fire for all control, EDS and MDS burn plots during both field campaigns, and repeated sampling was carried out after fire for the burned plots. In 2020, all 30 monitored plots were sampled again in May and August. The files available include: i) a table (Fuel_load_measures.csv) that contains the measures of fuel loads for each plot; ii) a text file (List_of_variables.rtf), which details each variable available in the table. _____________________________________________________________________________ We thank the management team of the Campos Amazônicos National Park, and in particular to its Fire Brigade (squad leaders J