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Data release for tracking rates of post-fire conifer regeneration distinct from deciduous vegetation recovery across the western U.S. Post-fire shifts in vegetation composition will have broad ecological impacts. However, information characterizing post-fire recovery patterns and their drivers are lacking over large spatial extents. In this analysis we used Landsat imagery collected when snow cover (SCS) was present, in combination with growing season (GS) imagery, to distinguish evergreen vegetation from deciduous vegetation. We sought to (1) characterize patterns in the rate of post-fire, dual season Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) across the region, (2) relate remotely sensed patterns to field-measured patterns of re-vegetation, and (3) identify seasonally-specific drivers of post-fire rates of NDVI recovery. Rates of post-fire... Tags: Arizona, California, Climatology, Colorado, Douglas fir, All tags... Ecology, Engelmann spruce, Forestry, Idaho, Landsat, Lodgepole pine, Montana, NDVI, Nevada, Oregon, Pinyon pine, Remote Sensing, Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada Mountains, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Washington, Wyoming, forest fire, recovery, resiliency, succession, wildfire, Fewer tags