Trace gas emissions to the atmosphere by biomass burning in the west African savannas. Final report, 1 October 1991-31 March 1994
Abstract
Savanna fires and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) detection and estimating burned area using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) reflectance data are investigated in this two part research project. The first part involves carbon dioxide flux estimates and a three-dimensional transport model to quantify the effect of North African savanna fires on atmospheric CO2 concentration, including CO2 spatial and temporal variability patterns and their significance to global emissions. The second article describes two methods used to determine burned area from AVHRR data. The article discusses the relationship between the percentage of burned area and AVHRR channel 2 reflectance (the linear method) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) (the nonlinear method). A comparative performance analysis of each method is described.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Rhode Island Univ., Kingston, RI (United States). Dept. of Botany
- OSTI Identifier:
- 7070733
- Report Number(s):
- N-95-11931; NASA-CR-196758; NAS-1.26:196758
CNN: NAGW-2727
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; BIOMASS; FIRES; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; AFRICA; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PROGRESS REPORT; REMOTE SENSING; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CARBON OXIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; CLIMATIC CHANGE; DOCUMENT TYPES; ENERGY SOURCES; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; 540120* - Environment, Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
Citation Formats
Frouin, R J, Iacobellis, S F, Razafimpanilo, H, and Somerville, R C.J. Trace gas emissions to the atmosphere by biomass burning in the west African savannas. Final report, 1 October 1991-31 March 1994. United States: N. p., 1994.
Web.
Frouin, R J, Iacobellis, S F, Razafimpanilo, H, & Somerville, R C.J. Trace gas emissions to the atmosphere by biomass burning in the west African savannas. Final report, 1 October 1991-31 March 1994. United States.
Frouin, R J, Iacobellis, S F, Razafimpanilo, H, and Somerville, R C.J. 1994.
"Trace gas emissions to the atmosphere by biomass burning in the west African savannas. Final report, 1 October 1991-31 March 1994". United States.
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author = {Frouin, R J and Iacobellis, S F and Razafimpanilo, H and Somerville, R C.J.},
abstractNote = {Savanna fires and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) detection and estimating burned area using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) reflectance data are investigated in this two part research project. The first part involves carbon dioxide flux estimates and a three-dimensional transport model to quantify the effect of North African savanna fires on atmospheric CO2 concentration, including CO2 spatial and temporal variability patterns and their significance to global emissions. The second article describes two methods used to determine burned area from AVHRR data. The article discusses the relationship between the percentage of burned area and AVHRR channel 2 reflectance (the linear method) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) (the nonlinear method). A comparative performance analysis of each method is described.},
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