Citation¶

This page provides citation information for the PWFDF collection, ocelote package, and PWFDF data spec.

PWFDF Collection¶

You may want to cite the PWFDF collection if you use one or more published hazard assessments as part of an analysis. You can cite the PWFDF data collection using:

King., J.M., Kostelnik, J., Kean, J.W., Barnhart, K.R., Graber, A.P., Rengers, F.K.,
Thomas, M.A., 2025, Post-Wildfire Debris-Flow Hazard Assessment (PWFDF) Collection:
U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P14EWYME

BibTeX:

@misc{king_2025,
    title = {Post-Wildfire Debris-Flow Hazard Assessment (PWFDF) Collection: U.S. Geological Survey data release},
    author = {King, Jonathan and Kostelnik, Jaime and Kean, Jason and Barnhart, Katherine and Graber, Andrew and Rengers, Francis and Thomas, Matthew},
    url = {https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/6818f950d4be0208bc3e0165},
    year = {2025},
    doi = {10.5066/P14EWYME}
}

Ocelote Package¶

You may want to cite ocelote if you use it to produce an assessment. You can cite the latest ocelote release using:

King, J., 2025, ocelote - Operational implementation of USGS postfire debris-flow
hazard assessments, version 1.0.0: U.S. Geological survey software release,
https://doi.org/10.5066/P1TVPWZP

BibTeX:

@misc{king_2025,
    title = {ocelote - Operational implementation of USGS postfire debris-flow hazard assessments, version 1.0.0},
    author = {King, Jonathan},
    url = {https://code.usgs.gov/ghsc/lhp/ocelote},
    version = {1.0.0},
    year = {2025},
    doi = {10.5066/P1TVPWZP}
}

DOI and IP number¶

The following table provides the DOI and IP number for each release:

Release	DOI	IP Number
1.0.0 (latest)	10.5066/P1TVPWZP	IP-178906

PWFDF Data Specification¶

You may want to cite the PWFDF data spec if you need to reference a specific version of the spec. You can cite the latest data spec using:

King., J.M., Kostelnik, J., Kean, J.W., Barnhart, K.R., Graber, A.P., Rengers, F.K.,
Thomas, M.A., 2025, Post-Wildfire Debris-Flow Hazard Assessment (PWFDF) Data Specification:
U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13KUWCO

BibTeX:

@misc{king_2025,
    title = {Post-Wildfire Debris-Flow Hazard Assessment (PWFDF) Data Specification: U.S. Geological Survey data release},
    author = {King, Jonathan and Kostelnik, Jaime and Kean, Jason and Barnhart, Katherine and Graber, Andrew and Rengers, Francis and Thomas, Matthew},
    url = {https://ghsc.code-pages.usgs.gov/lhp/ocelote/data-spec/archive/1.0.0/index.html},
    version = {1.0.0},
    year = {2025},
    doi = {10.5066/P13KUWCO}
}