Globe-LFMC, a global plant water status database for vegetation ecophysiology and wildfire applications

Authors

Marta Yebra, Australian National University & Bushfire & Natural Hazards Cooperative Research CentreFollow
Gianluca Scortechini, Australian National University
Abdulbaset Badi, University of Salford
Maria Eugenia Beget, Instituto de Clima y Agua
Matthias M. Boer, Western Sydney University
Ross Bradstock, University of Wollongong
Emilio Chuvieco, University of Alcala
F. Mark Danson, University of Salford
Philip Dennison, University of Utah
Victor Resco de Dios, Universitat de Lleida
Carlos M. Di Bella, Instituto de Clima y Agua
Greg Forsyth, CSIR
Philip Frost, CSIR Meraka Institute
Mariano Garcia, University of Alcala
Abdelaziz Hamdi, Institut Sylvo Pastoral de Tabarka
Binbin He, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Matt Jolly, Fire Sciences Laboratory
Tineke Kraaij, Nelson Mandela University
M. Pilar Martín, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC )
Florent Mouillot, Université Paul Valery Montpellier
Glenn Newnham, CSIRO
Rachael H. Nolan, Western Sydney University
Grazia Pellizzaro, Istituto di Biometeorologia (Sassari) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-IBIMET)
Yi Qi, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Xingwen Quan, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
David Riaño, Spanish National Research Council & UC-Davis
Dar Roberts, University of California, Santa BarbaraFollow
Momadou Sow, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Susan Ustin, UC-Davis

ORCID IDs

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4049-9315

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0149-4028

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6362-4572

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5618-4759

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0241-1917

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5721-1656

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8891-2869

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

8-21-2019

Citation

The Author(s) 2019

Comments

Scientific Data | (2019) 6:155 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0164-9

Abstract

Globe-LFMC is an extensive global database of live fuel moisture content (LFMC) measured from 1,383 sampling sites in 11 countries: Argentina, Australia, China, France, Italy, Senegal, Spain, South Africa, Tunisia, United Kingdom and the United States of America. The database contains 161,717 individual records based on in situ destructive samples used to measure LFMC, representing the amount of water in plant leaves per unit of dry matter. The primary goal of the database is to calibrate and validate remote sensing algorithms used to predict LFMC. However, this database is also relevant for the calibration and validation of dynamic global vegetation models, eco-physiological models of plant water stress as well as understanding the physiological drivers of spatiotemporal variation in LFMC at local, regional and global scales. Globe-LFMC should be useful for studying LFMC trends in response to environmental change and LFMC influence on wildfire occurrence, wildfire behavior, and overall vegetation health.