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Forest Drought Risk Assessment Tool

Forest Drought Risk Assessment Tool (ForDRAT) provides estimates of stand-level drought risk for various BC tree species (Interior only at this point). Drought risk estimates are provided across different biogeoclimatic units and relative soil moisture regimes for both current and future climates. The data are currently provided in a spreadsheet, with the following columns: 1. BGC: Biogeoclimatic zone, subzone and variant. 2. Period: Data are provided for three historical periods: (i) 1961-1990 climate normal period; (ii) 1971-2000; and (iii) 1981-2010. Projected drought risk is provided for three future periods: (i) 2020 (2011-2040); (ii) 2050 (2041-2070); and (iii) 2080 (2071-2100). 3. SMR_text: Text description of relative soil moisture regime. 4. SMR: Integer code of relative soil moisture regime. 5. AET_PET: Mean annual ratio of actual to potential evapotranspiration. 6. The remaining columns provide estimated drought risk by species. Species codes are as follows: (i) Pl = lodgepole pine; (ii) Sx = hybrid white spruce; (iii) Fd = Douglas-fir (interior variety); (iv) Bl = subalpine fir; (v) Cw = western redcedar; (vi) Hw = western hemlock; (vii) Lw = western larch; (viii) Py = ponderosa pine; (ix) Ac = black cottonwood; and (x) At = trembling aspen. More species will be added over time. Details on ForDRAT development are provided in the following resources: DeLong et al. 2022: http://library.nrs.gov.bc.ca/digipub/Tr141.pdf DeLong et al. 2019: https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/Tr/TR125.pdf Foord et al. 2017: https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/En/En119.htm Nitschke and Innes. 2008: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304380007004061?via%3Dihub

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Date ( RI_367 )
2025-02-21
Date ( RI_366 )
2025-02-21
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Carbon and Climate Services Branch - ( )
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Carbon and Climate Services Branch - ( )
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Climate
  • Drought
  • Soil Moisture
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/open-data/open-government-licence-bc)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Society
Begin date
0001-01-01
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RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Carbon and Climate Services Branch - ( )
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Carbon and Climate Services Branch - ( )
OnLine resource
Modeled Climate Data (forDRAT) - Soil Moisture ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;eng

OnLine resource
Original metadata (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca) ( HTTPS )

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File identifier
ab4dea99-9827-46de-a240-5c22af506564 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-05-27
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Carbon and Climate Services Branch - ( )
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Forest Carbon and Climate Services Branch - ( )
 
 

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