ABoVE: Characterization of Carbon Dynamics in Burned Forest Plots, NWT, Canada, 2014

This record is for the dataset “ABoVE: Characterization of Carbon Dynamics in Burned Forest Plots, NWT, Canada, 2014” at doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1664. This dataset provides field data from boreal forests in the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada, that were burned by wildfires in 2014. During fieldwork in 2015, 211 burned plots were established.

From these plots, thirty-two forest plots were selected that were dominated by black spruce and were representative of the full moisture gradient across the landscape, ranging from xeric to sub-hygric. Plot observations included slope, aspect, and moisture. At each plot, one intact organic soil profile associated with a specific burn depth was selected and analyzed for carbon content and radiocarbon (14C) values at specific profile depth increments to assess legacy carbon presence and combustion.