The effect of prolonged drought on chaparral dieback within the perimeters of the Thomas and Woolsey Fires in southern California, USA

This dataset contains data pertaining to chaparral vegetation dieback based on the difference or change in the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) prior to and 6 years into an extensive drought before the 2017 Thomas and 2018 Woolsey Fires in southern California. The difference in mean NDVI is provided for 9322 study plots as are values for a number of physical and climatological variables and burn severity following the two fires.

Data and Resources

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Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • biota
  • chaparral
  • ckan
  • droughts
  • environment
  • fires
  • geo
  • geoss
  • imagerybasemapsearthcover
  • national
  • north-america
  • southern-california
  • thomas-fire
  • united-states
  • usgs-6266feead34e76103cce5960
  • vegetation
  • wildfire
  • woolsey-fire
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maintainer U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center
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metadata_created 2025-11-22T19:30:01.713521
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T19:30:01.713525
notes This dataset contains data pertaining to chaparral vegetation dieback based on the difference or change in the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) prior to and 6 years into an extensive drought before the 2017 Thomas and 2018 Woolsey Fires in southern California. The difference in mean NDVI is provided for 9322 study plots as are values for a number of physical and climatological variables and burn severity following the two fires.
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title The effect of prolonged drought on chaparral dieback within the perimeters of the Thomas and Woolsey Fires in southern California, USA