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Estimates of burned biomass based on burned areas from SPOT-VEGETATION in 2000

Estimates of burned biomass based on burned areas from SPOT-VEGETATION in 2000. Akinori Ito Joyce E. Penner University of Michigan. Summary of data set used in the estimation of burned biomass. Estimate of biomass burned. Amount of biomass burned ( M ) M = A x B x ce

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Estimates of burned biomass based on burned areas from SPOT-VEGETATION in 2000

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  1. Estimates of burned biomass based on burned areas from SPOT-VEGETATION in 2000 Akinori Ito Joyce E. Penner University of Michigan

  2. Summary of data set used in the estimation of burned biomass Estimate of biomass burned Amount of biomass burned (M) M = A x B x ce A: monthly area burned B: annual average aboveground biomass density ce: average combustion factor , the fraction of above ground biomass that is burned Data set Spatial Resolution Method Area burned (Grégoire et al., 2002.) 1-km globe SPOT-VEGETATION Fractional forest cover (Zhu and Waller, 2001) 1-km globe AVHRR Fractional vegetation cover (Zeng et al., 2000) 1-km globe AVHRR Vegetation map (Hansen et al., 2000) 1-km globe AVHRR Carbon pool of forests (Myneni et al., 2001) 8-km NH(>30˚N) AVHRR Above-ground biomass density of forests (Gaston et al., 1998) 5-km Africa GIS model Biomass density (Barrette and Xu, 2002) 5-km Australia GIS model Litter biomass density of forests(Matthews, 1997) 0.1˚ globe Measurement data Biomass density of grassland Global average Measurement data (Shea et al., 1999, Hoffa et al., 1999, Gill et al., 2001) (42 sites) Combustion factor (see Table 1) Global average Measurement data Emission factor (Andreae and Merlet, 2001) Global average Measurement data

  3. Table 1 Combustion factor * *: CWD means coarse woody debris.

  4. 1.1.1. Classification method in North America Living biomass density of forests Area burned in forests (Living biomass: stem, bark, branches, and twigs, and leaves) (Forest area: evergreen needleleaf, evergreen broadleaf, deciduous needleleaf, deciduous broadleaf, mixed, woody savanna) Combustion factor of forests: 0.33 Biomass density (tons / ha) Litter biomass density of forests Burned area (x 102 ha) Area burned in grassland (Litter: fine litter and coarse woody debris) Biomass density (tons / ha) (Grassland area) = (Fractional vegetation cover) - (Fractional forest cover) Global average of biomass density of grassland Combustion factor of grassland: 0.99 2.791 (tons / ha) Burned area (x 102 ha)

  5. 1.1.2. Classification method in Eurasia Living biomass density of forests Area burned in forests (Living biomass: stem, bark, branches, and twigs, and leaves) (Forest area burned) = (Area burned) x (Forest map: evergreen needleleaf, evergreen broadleaf, deciduous needleleaf, deciduous broadleaf, mixed, woody savanna) Combustion factor of forests: 0.33 Biomass density (tons / ha) Litter biomass density of forests Burned area (x 102 ha) Area burned in grassland (Litter: fine litter and coarse woody debris) Biomass density (tons / ha) (Grassland area burned) = (Area burned) x {(Fractional vegetation cover) - (Fractional forest cover)} Global average of biomass density of grassland Combustion factor of grassland: 0.99 2.791 (tons / ha) Burned area (x 102 ha)

  6. 1.2.1. Continuous field method in Africa Living biomass density of forests Area burned in forests (Forest area burned) = (Area burned) x(Fractional forest cover) Combustion factor of forests: 0.33 Biomass density (tons / ha) Litter biomass density of forests Burned area (x 102 ha) Only grassland burned for the second fire. Area burned in grassland (Grassland area burned) = (Area burned) x {(Fractional vegetation cover) - (Fractional forest cover)} Biomass density (tons / ha) Global average of biomass density of grassland Combustion factor of grassland: 0.99 2.791 (tons / ha) Burned area (x 102 ha)

  7. 1.2.2. Continuous field method in Australia Leaf + fine litter biomass density Area burned Combustion factor of leaf & fine litter: 0.93 Actual area burned Biomass C density (tons C / ha) Fractional vegetation cover (%) Stem + woody debris biomass density Combustion factor of stem & CWD: 0.27 Burned area (x 102 ha)

  8. 2.1. Results of biomass burned (Tg / yr) 2.2. Results of emissions (Tg species / yr)

  9. 2.3. Results of emissions from biomass burned January biomass burned (kg) February biomass burned (kg) March biomass burned (kg) April biomass burned (kg) May biomass burned (kg) Jun biomass burned (kg)

  10. 2.4. Results of emissions from biomass burned July biomass burned (kg) August biomass burned (kg) September biomass burned (kg) October biomass burned (kg) November biomass burned (kg) December biomass burned (kg)

  11. 3. Conclusions 1. These methods appear to give reasonable results for total biomass burned. 2. In Northern Hemisphere, the estimated litter burned seems too high, while the living biomass looks low. 3. Need to test the emissions in a model and develop uncertainty estimates. 4. Future work Update biomass burned in tropical America and Asia Complete photochemistry model using meteorology from GEOS-DAS in 2000 Compare predicted fields (CO, BC, etc) with observations

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