Conference
Estimating direct carbon emissions from Canadian wildland fires
Abstract
In support of Canada’s National Forest Carbon Monitoring, Accounting and Reporting System, a project was initiated to develop and test procedures for estimating direct carbon emissions from fires. The Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS) provides the infrastructure for these procedures. Area burned and daily fire spread estimates are derived from satellite products. Spatially and temporally explicit indices of burning conditions …
Authors
de Groot WJ; Landry R; Kurz WA; Anderson KR; Englefield P; Fraser RH; Hall RJ; Banfield E; Raymond DA; Decker V
Volume
16
Pagination
pp. 593-606
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing
Publication Date
2007
DOI
10.1071/wf06150
Conference proceedings
International Journal of Wildland Fire
Issue
5
ISSN
1049-8001