Fire emissions estimates in siberia: Evaluation of uncertainties in area burned, land cover, and fuel consumption

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 493-506

  Kukavskaya, Elena A ^a   Soja, Amber J ^b,c   Petkov, Alexander P ^d   Ponomarev, Evgeni I ^a   Ivanova, Galina A ^a   Conard, Susan G ^d,e  

^a SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; VEGETATION;

CARBON EMISSIONS; CHANGING CLIMATE; COMBUSTION MODEL; FIRE EMISSIONS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; NATURAL DISTURBANCE; VEGETATION MAPPING; VERIFICATION-AND-VALIDATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LAND COVER; SATELLITE DATA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING; WILDFIRE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOREST FIRES; LAND USE; MAPPING; SATELLITES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIBERIA;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 84891925380     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2012-0367     Document Type: Article

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