Estimation of emissions from biomass burning in China (2003–2017) based on MODIS fire radiative energy data

Yin, Lifei; Du, Pin; Zhang, Minsi; Liu, Mingxu; Xu, Tingting; Song, Yu

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1629-2019

Articles | Volume 16, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1629-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1629-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 7

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16 Apr 2019

Research article |

| 16 Apr 2019

Estimation of emissions from biomass burning in China (2003–2017) based on MODIS fire radiative energy data

Lifei Yin, Pin Du, Minsi Zhang, Mingxu Liu, Tingting Xu, and Yu Song

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-1629-2019-supplement

Data sets

MOD14 MODIS/Terra Thermal Anomalies/Fire 5-Min L2 Swath 1 km V006 L. Giglio and C. Justice https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD14.006

30-Meter Global Land Cover Data Product – Globe Land30 J. Chen, A. Liao, J. Chen, S. Peng, L. Chen, and H. Zhang http://www.globallandcover.com/GLC30Download/index.aspx

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Biomass burning is an important source of trace gases and aerosols in China, with a significant contribution from small-sized crop residue fires. Compared with conventional methods for emission estimation, the approach based on fire radiative energy (FRE) provides a more reasonable estimate for small-fire emissions. By using FRE data derived from satellites, we developed a long-term biomass burning emission inventory for China with a higher resolution (daily, 1 km) than previous studies.