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DF005

Attributes in entity 2: Fire regimes

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1. DBCODE
Definition: FSDB Database code
Domain: enum
2. FORMAT
Definition: Format number
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 2.  maximum = 2.)
3. FIRE_REGIME_ID
Definition: Unique fire regime identity number
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 1.  maximum = 781.)
4. REFSITE
Definition: Fire history reference site code: A combination of the reference and site numbers; e.g. REFSITE = FH04002 refers to the second site from the fortieth reference in the fire history database
Domain: place
5. YEARBEGCLC
Definition: Starting year for the period during which the fire regime is calculated
Units: year (yyyy)
Domain: range (minimum = 450.  maximum = 1913.)
6. YEARENDREP
Definition: Ending year of the range of years for which the regime is reported
Units: year (yyyy)
Domain: range (minimum = 899.  maximum = 1987.)
7. REGSEV
Definition: Regime classification based on the effects on vegetation (ie. fire severity)
Domain: enum
8. REGCHAR
Definition: Regime classification based on frequency and severity characteristics
Domain: enum
9. FIREFREQ
Definition: Fire frequency in years as reported by the author of each study. Fire frequency is stratified based on computational method used
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 1.  maximum = 2010.)
10. FREQCOMP
Definition: Fire-frequency computation method
Domain: enum
11. CFI_AREA
Definition: Area over which the composite fire interval is measured - does not apply to other computation methods for fire frequency
Units: hectares
Domain: range (minimum = 1.  maximum = 9238.)
12. FIREEVED
Definition: Fire evidence used to reconstruct the fire
Domain: enum
13. CROSSDATE
Definition: Ring width crossdating used (y/n)
Domain: enum
14. NUMTREES
Definition: Number of trees used to determine the fire regime
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 1.  maximum = 3500.)
15. NUMFIRES
Definition: Number of fires used to determine the fire regime
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 0.  maximum = 71.)