Size, Density and Land cover

These three data sets where extracted from the Multi-source Land Cover Data

Title: Multi-source Land Cover Data v20-2

Author: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Publication Date: 2002

Resolution: 100m

Edition: 2

Acquired From: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/data/frapgisdata/select.asp

Temperature

Title: Western U.S. Average Monthly or Annual Temperature, 1971-2000

Authors: Water and Climate Center, NRCS National Cartography and Geospatial Center (NCGC), PRISM Model, and the Spatial Climate Analysis Service and Oregon Climate Service at Oregon State University.

Publication Date: Oct 2006

Acquired From: http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov  

Precipitation

Title: Processed Annual Precipitation

Authors: USDA/NRCS - National Cartography & Geospatial Center, TheU.S.Department of Agriculture, Service Center Agencies

Publication Date: 2000

Resolution: ~2km

Acquired From: http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov

Slope and Aspect

These two data sets were acquired from contour data of California because a complete DEM of the state was unavailable.

Title: Elevation Range (Polygons, 500 foot intervals)

Author: Teale GIS Solutions Group

Puplication date: 1997

Acquired From: http://gis.ca.gov

Wildfires

Title: Fire Perimeters: Wildfires (firep05_2)

Author: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and USDA Forest Service

Publication Date: 2006

Acquired From: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/data/frapgisdata/select.asp

Prescribed burns

Title: Fire Perimeters: Prescribed Burns (rxburn05_2)

Author: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and USDA Forest Service

Publication Date: 2006

Acquired From: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/data/frapgisdata/select.asp

All datasets above have been reprojected into UTM Zone 10 NAD 83 if this was not their original projection
Data Acquisition

Multicriteria Evaluation of Wildfire Hazard in California

Data Acquisition Data Preparation and Analysis Multi-Criteria Evaluation and Results Discussion References