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FEMS Climatology Data

Dr. Brown's Presentation on QC Gap-filled Weather

  • A video recording of a virtual presentation in 2024 by Dr. Tim Brown, Desert Research Institute, on the quality controlled, gap-filled weather data being used to support user analysis of NFDRS in FEMS, hosted by Scott Linn, US Forest Service NFDRS Program Manager. (1:13:00)

FEMS QC Gap-filled POR Description

  • A two-page explanation of the authoritative RAWS dataset for NFDRSv4 used in FEMS, which includes a period of record dataset, quality control flags, and versioning.  December 2024.

RAWS QC and Gap-filled Description

  • A 19-page description of the methods used to determine suspicious values and replace them and missing data with estimated values to create a complete hourly RAWS dataset for use in FEMS.  December 2023.

FW21 Fire Weather Format

  • A three-page description of the file format used for fire weather data to support NFDRS and fire behavior models.