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Data description paper
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26 Jun 2025
Data description paper |
| 26 Jun 2025
| 26 Jun 2025
Permafrost–wildfire interactions: active layer thickness estimates for paired burned and unburned sites in northern high latitudes
Anna C. Talucci
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540-1644, USA
Michael M. Loranty
Department of Geography, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346, USA
Jean E. Holloway
Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Canada
Brendan M. Rogers
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540-1644, USA
Heather D. Alexander
College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Environment, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36949, USA
Natalie Baillargeon
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540-1644, USA
Jennifer L. Baltzer
Biology Department, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3C5, Canada
Logan T. Berner
School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Amy Breen
International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7340, USA
Leya Brodt
Research Institute of Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, 625003, Russia
Brian Buma
Integrative Biology, University of Colorado (Denver), Boulder, CO 80304, USA
Environmental Defense Fund, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
Jacqueline Dean
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540-1644, USA
Clement J. F. Delcourt
Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, the Netherlands
Lucas R. Diaz
Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, the Netherlands
Catherine M. Dieleman
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N3H3Y8, Canada
Thomas A. Douglas
US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Fort Wainwright, AK 99703, USA
Gerald V. Frost
Alaska Biological Research, Inc., Fairbanks, AK 99708, USA
Benjamin V. Gaglioti
Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
Rebecca E. Hewitt
Department of Environmental Studies, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, USA
Teresa Hollingsworth
Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99708, USA
Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT 59801, USA
M. Torre Jorgenson
Alaska Ecoscience, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
Mark J. Lara
Department(s) of Plant Biology and Geography, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Rachel A. Loehman
US Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
Michelle C. Mack
Center for Ecosystem Science and Society and Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA
Kristen L. Manies
US Geological Survey, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
Christina Minions
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540-1644, USA
Susan M. Natali
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540-1644, USA
Jonathan A. O'Donnell
Arctic Network, National Park Service, Anchorage, AK 99501, USA
David Olefeldt
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G7, Canada
Alison K. Paulson
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, US Forest Service, Sparks, NV 89431, USA
Adrian V. Rocha
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
Lisa B. Saperstein
Alaska Regional Office, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK 99503, USA
Tatiana A. Shestakova
Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences and Engineering, University of Lleida, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure 191, Lleida, Catalonia, 25198, Spain
Joint Research Unit CTFC–AGROTECNIO–CERCA, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure 191, Lleida, Catalonia, 25198, Spain
Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540-1644, USA
Seeta Sistla
Natural Resources Management & Environmental Sciences, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, USA
Oleg Sizov
Oil and Gas Research Institute RAS, Moscow, 119333, Russia
Andrey Soromotin
Research Institute of Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Tyumen State University, Tyumen, 625003, Russia
Merritt R. Turetsky
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0552, USA
Sander Veraverbeke
Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, the Netherlands
Michelle A. Walvoord
US Geological Survey, Earth System Processes Division, Denver, CO 80225, USA
Data sets
FireALT dataset: estimated active layer thickness for paired burned unburned sites measured from 2001-2023 Anna Talucci et al. https://doi.org/10.18739/A2RN3092P
Short summary
Wildfires have the potential to accelerate permafrost thaw and the associated feedbacks to climate change. We assembled a dataset of permafrost thaw depth measurements from burned and unburned sites contributed by researchers from across the northern high-latitude region. We estimated maximum thaw depth for each measurement, which addresses a key challenge: the ability to assess impacts of wildfire on maximum thaw depth when measurement timing varies.
Wildfires have the potential to accelerate permafrost thaw and the associated feedbacks to...
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