Post-Wildfire Soil Nitric Oxide and Nitrous Oxide Emissions in California Chaparral

Elizah Stephens published data on soil nitrogen trace gas emissions following a chaparral wildfire. The dataset includes seasonal measurements over three years from burned and unburned plots, quantifying nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. It was last updated on April 22, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling post-fire nitrogen loss dynamics based on burn severity and time since fire.
• Analyzing the relationship between soil physicochemical properties and trace gas emissions.
• Investigating the heterogeneity of nitrous oxide production hotspots based on isotopic process characterization.
• Studying the long-term (3-year) temporal trends in soil nitric oxide emissions after a wildfire.

Strengths

• Includes a three-year seasonal sampling campaign, providing temporal depth.
• Quantifies specific emission increases, such as an 80 ng NO-N g−1 soil rise over three years.
• Compares emissions across burn severity levels (medium and high).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset size is listed as 0.0 B, indicating a limited scope or potential metadata issue.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Soil samples were collected seasonally from burned and unburned plots over three years post-fire, with gases measured via cumulative 40-hour incubations.

Time Range

Three years post-fire.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 06:38:55; freshness should be verified.

Geography

California chaparral ecosystem.