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BADM Group: DOM_DIST_MGMT

BADM Type: Site General Info
Description: Dominant Disturbance and Management
Group Entries per Site: Multiple
Last updated: Jan 19, 2021

BADM Group Overview

BADM variables in this group are organized as shown below. The overview highlights what variables are required per group. It also indicates which variables cannot be specified together ( OR ) in the same group entry. See BADM Basics for more details.

Multiple entries of this BADM group can be reported per site. However, combinations of Ⓒ variables must be unique. Read more:

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Dominant Disturbance and Management
  • DOM_DIST_MGMT

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    Multiple entries of this BADM group can be reported per site. However, combinations of Ⓒ variables must be unique. Read more:

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    Variable
    Requirements    		 Units Description
    DOM_DIST_MGMT
    Required    		LIST(DIST_MGMT) ShowRecent and historic disturbance and management events that affect the tower site years of measurement
    DIST_MGMT Options×
    OptionDescription
    AgricultureAgricultural management of any kind, such as cultivation (including tillage, plowing, or discing), harvest, irrigation, pesticides, planting, or liming.
    DroughtProlonged water deficiency; hydrologic or climatic drought.
    FireWildfire or managed burns
    ForestryForest management such as logging of any kind, plantation planting, or herbicide application.
    GrazingHerbivory or browsing by mammals, managed or wild.
    Hydrologic eventDrainage, persistent flooding, or chronic flooding. Does not include storm events or irrigation
    Land cover changeLand use and land cover change; invasion; woody or urban encroachment
    Pests and diseasePlant or soil damage from pests, insects, pathogens, blight, and other disease.
    Storm or windMajor storms including unusually high-precipitation and unusually high-wind events e.g. hurricane, tornado, blizzard, hail, flooding from storm, etc.
    Temperature extremeHeat wave or freeze
    UndisturbedNo disturbance or management has occurred on the site.

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    Dominant Disturbance and Management
  • DOM_DIST_MGMT
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    After selecting your desired variables, download the customized CSV file for submission of BADM. For additional submission details, see BADM Submission Instructions. See BADM Basics for general BADM details.

    Multiple entries of this BADM group can be reported per site. However, combinations of Ⓒ variables must be unique. Read more: . See BADM Basics for more details.

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  • Dominant Disturbance and Management
    DOM_DIST_MGMT

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