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Forest Fire Occurrence in Russia and Canada: Ground, Aerial, and Satellite Measurements Entry ID: iufro_forestfire |
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Summary
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Abstract:
Growing concern over global change has recently focused attention on the important role of the boreal forest zone in the global carbon budget. Forest fires are the major disturbance regime in boreal forests, with potential impacts on carbon storage and cycling, particularly if current climate change projections materialize. There is now a recognized need for improved monitoring and documentation of boreal fires, particularly in the remote regions of the Russian Federation and Canada, where little forest fire management is practiced, and fire activity is expected to increase in future years. This paper reports on recent developments aimed at improving our knowledge of the extent and impact of recent, current, and future boreal fires. In recent years scientists have been using NOAA AVHRR satellite imagery to monitor large boreal fires in remote regions of Siberia, particularly during the severe 1987 fire season, but also during major fire outbreaks in 1991 and 1992. Techniques have been developed that permit reasonably good estimates of area burned using AVHRR 1-km resolution satellite data. Ground-truthing of satellite fire measurements, using helicopter mapping and acquired higher-resolution satellite data (Landsat, SPOT) is also underway. The establishment of a permanent NOAA AVHRR satellite downlink in central Siberia will greatly improve coverage of the remote regions of Siberia where large areas burn annually but are not recorded. Russian and Canadian fire scientists have also recently begun to archive recent large fires in GIS databases. This information will permit a cooperative, detailed analysis of the spatial and temporal distribution of large boreal fires in both countries. Information for this metadata was taken from "http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/programmes/other/stocks2.htm". |
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Description: Metadata in Biological Data Profile format. |
Geographic Coverage
| N: 70.0 | S: 40.0 | E: 60.0 | W: -140.0 |
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Data Set Citation
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Dataset Originator/Creator:
Brian J. Stocks, Georgy N. Korovin, Anatoly Sukhinin, Donald R. Cahoon, Johann G. Goldammer
Dataset Title: Forest Fire Occurrence in Russia and Canada: Ground, Aerial, and Satellite Measurements Dataset Release Date: 1996 Dataset Release Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts Dataset Publisher: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press Data Presentation Form: book |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date: 1987-01-01 |
| Stop Date: 1992-01-01 |
Location Keywords
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CONTINENT
> EUROPE
> EASTERN EUROPE
> RUSSIA
> Siberia
CONTINENT > EUROPE > EASTERN EUROPE > RUSSIA > Central Siberia CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA |
Science Keywords
| AGRICULTURE >FOREST SCIENCE >FOREST FIRE SCIENCE [Definition] |
| BIOSPHERE >ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS >FIRE ECOLOGY >FIRE DYNAMICS [Definition] |
| BIOSPHERE >ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS >FIRE ECOLOGY >FIRE OCCURRENCE [Definition] |
ISO Topic Category
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FARMING
BIOTA |
Platform
| LANDSAT [Information] |
Instrument
| AVHRR >Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer [Information] |
Access Constraints
| None |
Use Constraints
| None |
Keywords
| forest fire |
| remote sensing |
| GIS database |
| Russia |
| Canada |
Data Set Progress
| COMPLETE |
Data Center
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MIT Press
[Information]
Data Center URL: http://mitpress.mit.edu/main/home/default.asp
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Personnel
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BRIAN
J.
STOCKS Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: (705) 949-9461 Fax: (705) 759-5700 Email: stocks at fcor.glfc.forestry.ca Contact Address: Canadian Forest Service-Ontario Region Great Lakes Forestry Centre 1219 Queen St. East City: Sault Ste. Marie Province or State: ONTARIO Postal Code: P6A 5M7 Country: CANADA |
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TYLER
B.
STEVENS Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: (301) 614-6898 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Global Change Master Directory City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA |
Publications/References
Data available from Fire in Ecosystems of Boreal Eurasia: The Bor
Forest Island Fire Experiment Fire Research Campaign Asia-North
(FIRESCAN). In: Biomass Burning and global change. Vol.II (J.S.Levine,
ed.), The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1996. FIRESCAN Science Team
(Goldammer J.G., B.J.Stocks, Conard S.G., V.V.Furyaev and al.); Fire
in Boreal Ecosystems of Eurasia: First Results of the Bor Forest
Island Fire Experiment, Fire Research Campaign Asia-North
(FIRESCAN). World Resource Review, 1994, Vol. 6, N 4, (J.G.Goldammer
and al.)
Forest Island Fire Experiment Fire Research Campaign Asia-North
(FIRESCAN). In: Biomass Burning and global change. Vol.II (J.S.Levine,
ed.), The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1996. FIRESCAN Science Team
(Goldammer J.G., B.J.Stocks, Conard S.G., V.V.Furyaev and al.); Fire
in Boreal Ecosystems of Eurasia: First Results of the Bor Forest
Island Fire Experiment, Fire Research Campaign Asia-North
(FIRESCAN). World Resource Review, 1994, Vol. 6, N 4, (J.G.Goldammer
and al.)
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2002-02-27
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-12-12
Future DIF Review Date:
2003-04-09
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