The Wildland Fire Emissions Information System for spatial quantification of carbon emissions from North American wildfire
Nancy
HF
French, Michigan Tech Research Institute, nancy.french@mtu.edu
(Presenting)
Tyler
Erickson, Michigan Tech Research Institute, taericks@mtu.edu
Donald
McKenzie, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab, USDA Forest Service, dmck@u.washington.edu
Roger
D
Ottmar, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab, USDA Forest Service, rottmar@fs.fed.us
Eric
Kasischke, University of Maryland, College Park, ekasisch@geog.umd.edu
Ernesto
Alvarado, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab, USDA Forest Service, alvarado@u.washington.edu
William
de Groot, Great Lakes Forestry Research Centre, Canadian Forest Service, bdegroot@nrcan.gc.ca
Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) and USDA Forest Service Fire and Environmental Research Applications (FERA) lab have teamed under this NASA Applied Sciences Carbon Cycle Science project to provide information for mapping pyrogenic carbon emissions. The goal is to improve data products to estimate carbon emissions from North American fires based on NASA-sponsored science, data, and models and the adaptation of USFS-FERA products and models, and to develop a prototype information system for disseminating and using improved spatial information products for modeling and estimating fire emissions. The approach and improved data sets as well as the information system are to be used in several related grant activities funded by NASA Terrestrial Ecology Program, NASA Applied Science Program, and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, part of NIH.
Data to estimate fire emissions is being assembled, improved, and served out via an open-source web application so information users will have the latest and most accurate data for use in models and emissions estimations. The information will be provided at a 1 km spatial resolution and have relevance for mapping emissions at regional scales for North American. Data products for estimating emissions are rapidly improving, both within and outside of this activity. Fine-scale data sets are now available to use the emissions estimation approach developed under this project to assess fire impacts at local scales, as in the newly funded project to assess wildland fire emissions impacts on respiratory health in San Diego. Also, new data on fire activity in croplands and rangeland means improved ability to quantify emissions from these sources, as is underway in a related NASA Applied Sciences project. Recently, a new study to improve data on fire occurrence in the tundra regions of North America was funded through the NASA TE program. Quantification of emissions from tundra regions will be a part of that activity using data and knowledge gained under the current NASA research activity (see related poster - this session).
Presentation Type: Poster
Poster Session: Carbon Cycle Science
NASA TE Funded Awards Represented:
NONE: Related Activity or Previously Funded TE Award