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Direct estimation of wildfire emissions at high latitudes from combined polar orbiter FRP and Sentinel-5P CO data
William M. Maslanka
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Department of Geography, King's College London, London, WC2R 2ND, UK
National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), London, UK
Martin J. Wooster
Department of Geography, King's College London, London, WC2R 2ND, UK
National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), London, UK
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, London, UK
Zixia Liu
Department of Geography, King's College London, London, WC2R 2ND, UK
National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), London, UK
Jiangping He
Department of Geography, King's College London, London, WC2R 2ND, UK
National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), London, UK
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We created a new independent method that uses only near real time satellite data to estimate how much carbon is emitted from landscape fires in the high latitudes. Our estimates are similar, but smaller, than estimates using modelled data, based on laboratory experiments and observations of burned area. This provides the first clear picture of fire emissions across high-latitude regions and will help us better understand the role of wildfires in climate change now and in the future.
We created a new independent method that uses only near real time satellite data to estimate how...
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