High-resolution data reveal a surge of biomass loss from temperate and Atlantic pine forests, contextualizing the 2022 fire season distinctiveness in France

Vallet, Lilian; Schwartz, Martin; Ciais, Philippe; van Wees, Dave; de Truchis, Aurelien; Mouillot, Florent

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3803-2023

Articles | Volume 20, issue 18

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3803-2023

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High-resolution data reveal a surge of biomass loss from temperate and Atlantic pine forests, contextualizing the 2022 fire season distinctiveness in France

Lilian Vallet, Martin Schwartz, Philippe Ciais, Dave van Wees, Aurelien de Truchis, and Florent Mouillot

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Aboveground biomass loss (AGB-L) by fire over 2020-2022 period Lilian Vallet, Martin Schwartz, Philippe Ciais, Dave van Wees, Aurelien de Truchis, and Florent Mouillot https://doi.org/10.15148/3db37fdf-46b1-4e7a-bd86-ca4fb93307e1

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The study covers a relevant contemporary topic (wildfire) and focusses on the recent major European summer of wildfires. The authors demonstrate that the assessment of burned area alone is not enough to fully characterize the impact of fires. Novel methods to assess burned area and above ground biomass losses are described to provide a more informative impact-based characterization of fires.