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Cle Elum Ridge Forest Treatment Region Dataset


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Created: Dec 04, 2025 at 6 p.m. (UTC)
Last updated: Dec 17, 2025 at 9:09 a.m. (UTC) (Metadata update)
Published date: Dec 17, 2025 at 9:09 a.m. (UTC)
DOI: 10.4211/hs.96f4199c0e4c48e6bc0ea7f9251b16dd
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Abstract

This Cle Elum Ridge (CER) Forest Treatment Region Dataset contains geospatial, field-based, and lidar-derived snow and forest structure observations collected to evaluate how experimental forest thinning treatments influence snowpack storage on Cle Elum Ridge in the headwaters of the Yakima River Basin, Washington, USA. The dataset includes (1) 2023 snow depth time series from a network of field sites across a range of thinning intensities, (2) snow pit measurements collected on 6 March 2023 during the post-treatment lidar flight, (3) geospatial layers defining treatment units, site locations, and ancillary spatial context, and (4) pre-treatment (2021) and post-treatment (2023) snow-on lidar datasets processed into unified DEM, DSM, and numerous canopy cover and snow depth products (see subdirectory ReadMe.txt for the full list of variables). All lidar products were reprojected, gridded, and converted from either raw point clouds or GeoTIFFs to NetCDF formats using consistent units and spatial extents. The raw lidar datasets can be found in their corresponding data repositories (see Related Resources). Time series observations include processed datasets used for analysis, example timelapse images, and selected raw and intermediate files that document field data processing steps. Together, these datasets support the analysis of snow depth, snow storage, canopy openness, and forest structural changes associated with prescribed thinning treatments. They provide a reproducible foundation for evaluating forest-snow interactions and for assessing the hydrologic co-benefits of fuels reduction strategies in mountain forests.

This dataset complements the manuscript Lumbrazo et al. (2025), “Can we maximize snow storage through fire-resilient forest treatments? Insights from experimental forest treatments in the Eastern Cascades, WA, USA,” accepted in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Forest Hydrology section (doi:10.3389/ffgc.2025.1707812).

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Coverage

Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
Place/Area Name:
Cle Elum Ridge, Eastern Cascades, Washington, USA
North Latitude
47.2332°
East Longitude
-120.9251°
South Latitude
47.2171°
West Longitude
-120.9611°

Temporal

Start Date:
End Date:

Content

README.txt

Name:    CER Treatment Region Datasets
Date:    December 2025 
Author:  Cassie Lumbrazo
Contact: cassielumbrazo@gmail.com
Purpose: Publish on HydroShare


Folder: \cer_treatment_datasets\ 

All processing and analysis code associated with this dataset and the accepted manuscript is openly available at:
https://github.com/cassielumbrazo/CER_treatment_manuscript

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Folder Overview: 
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\1_gis_field\
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This folder contains GIS related files such as the 2023 timeseries field site locations, and other useful
shapefiles. Inside this folder is also another folder named, 

\snow_pit_data_6March2023\: which contains all the snow pit data from the 6 March 2023 CER field day 

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\2_timeseries\
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This folder contains all the 2023 timeseries field site data. 
A majority of the contents in this folder were produced by John Cramblitt. The subfolders are, 

\1_final_data\: The final datasets used for all analysis are in this folder. 

\2_timelapse_data\: Example timelapse images for each site. 

\3_raw_other_data\: Raw and working files created by John Cramblitt during data processing. 

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\3_lidar\
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This lidar folder contains all the CER Treatment Domain Lidar Data (not the entire NCALM domain).
Within this folder are the following subfolders, 

\1_raw_lidar\: The raw lidar datasets for the CER Treatment Region. 

\2_raw_tifs\:  The raw tifs created from the raw lidar for the CER Treatment Region.

\3_netcdfs\:   The netcdfs created in python, which combine all the 2_raw_tif files, project them together, 
match the gridcells, ensure all the units are the same, and clip data where needed (e.g., the ridge road)

\4_processed_tifs\: The tifs exported from the processed netcdfs with all corrected units, projections, etc.










Data Services

The following web services are available for data contained in this resource. Geospatial Feature and Raster data are made available via Open Geospatial Consortium Web Services. The provided links can be copied and pasted into GIS software to access these data. Multidimensional NetCDF data are made available via a THREDDS Data Server using remote data access protocols such as OPeNDAP. Other data services may be made available in the future to support additional data types.

Related Resources

This resource has a related resource in another format Dickerson-Lange, S. E., J. Lundquist, R. Gersonde, E. Howe, K. Patrick (2023). Eastern Cascades Forest-Snow Observations 2019-2021, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.6127902b82674b8097ec3c372f14514f
The content of this resource is derived from Lumbrazo, C., K. Dedinsky, A. Lyda, M. Grilliot, J. Zdebski (2025). "Cle Elum Snow Pack Study", in Cle Elum Ridge Snow-On Lidar for Forest Management. DesignSafe-CI. https://doi.org/10.17603/ds2-8hz4-zb88
The content of this resource is derived from Lumbrazo, C. (2021). Hydrologic Effects of Forest Restoration, WA 2021. National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM). Distributed by OpenTopography. https://doi.org/10.5069/G989142F.. Accessed 2025-12-04
The content of this resource can be executed by https://github.com/cassielumbrazo/CER_treatment_manuscript
This resource is described by Lumbrazo, C., Howe, E. R., Dickerson-Lange, S. E., Pestana, S., Cramblitt, J., Dedinsky, K., Smith, K., & Lundquist., J. D. (2025). Can we maximize snow storage through fire-resilient forest treatments? Insights from experimental forest treatments in the Eastern Cascades, WA, USA. Accepted in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. doi:10.3389/ffgc.2025.1707812

Credits

Funding Agencies

This resource was created using funding from the following sources:
Agency Name Award Title Award Number
The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) 93-104079
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) TNC WA-G-220620-026

Contributors

People or Organizations that contributed technically, materially, financially, or provided general support for the creation of the resource's content but are not considered authors.

Name Organization Address Phone Author Identifiers
Herman Flamenco The Nature Conservancy
Rob Deter Iron Mountain Lumber Co
Connor Craig Wildfire Home Protection

How to Cite

Lumbrazo, C., J. Cramblitt, E. R. Howe, S. E. Dickerson-Lange, S. Pestana, K. Dedinsky, M. Stuart, K. Smith, J. D. Lundquist (2025). Cle Elum Ridge Forest Treatment Region Dataset, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.96f4199c0e4c48e6bc0ea7f9251b16dd

This resource is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution CC BY.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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