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Forest Fire Occurrence in Russia and Canada: Ground, Aerial, and Satellite Measurements
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Summary
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 ... View entire text
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 70.0   S: 40.0   E: 60.0   W: -140.0

Data Set Citation
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
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Platform
LANDSAT Ancillary Description
Instrument
AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Ancillary Description
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Data Center
MIT Press Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://mitpress.mit.edu/main/home/default.asp

Data Center Personnel
Name: MIT PRESS
Contact Address:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press
City: Cambridge
Province or State: Massachusetts
Country: USA
Personnel
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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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.)
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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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