Biomass burning fuel consumption rates: a field measurement database
Landscape fires show large variability in the amount of biomass or fuel consumed per unit area burned. Fuel consumption (FC) depends on the biomass available to burn and the fraction of the biomass that is actually combusted, and can be combined with estimates of area burned to assess emissions. Whi...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0081f260fb3b41ffa0bb1de84a12e820 2023-05-15T18:40:45+02:00 Biomass burning fuel consumption rates: a field measurement database T. T. van Leeuwen G. R. van der Werf A. A. Hoffmann R. G. Detmers G. Rücker N. H. F. French S. Archibald J. A. Carvalho Jr. G. D. Cook W. J. de Groot C. Hély E. S. Kasischke S. Kloster J. L. McCarty M. L. Pettinari P. Savadogo E. C. Alvarado L. Boschetti S. Manuri C. P. Meyer F. Siegert L. A. Trollope W. S. W. Trollope 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-7305-2014 https://doaj.org/article/0081f260fb3b41ffa0bb1de84a12e820 EN eng Copernicus Publications http://www.biogeosciences.net/11/7305/2014/bg-11-7305-2014.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1726-4170 https://doaj.org/toc/1726-4189 1726-4170 1726-4189 doi:10.5194/bg-11-7305-2014 https://doaj.org/article/0081f260fb3b41ffa0bb1de84a12e820 Biogeosciences, Vol 11, Iss 24, Pp 7305-7329 (2014) Ecology QH540-549.5 Life QH501-531 Geology QE1-996.5 article 2014 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-7305-2014 2022-12-30T23:08:14Z Landscape fires show large variability in the amount of biomass or fuel consumed per unit area burned. Fuel consumption (FC) depends on the biomass available to burn and the fraction of the biomass that is actually combusted, and can be combined with estimates of area burned to assess emissions. While burned area can be detected from space and estimates are becoming more reliable due to improved algorithms and sensors, FC is usually modeled or taken selectively from the literature. We compiled the peer-reviewed literature on FC for various biomes and fuel categories to understand FC and its variability better, and to provide a database that can be used to constrain biogeochemical models with fire modules. We compiled in total 77 studies covering 11 biomes including savanna (15 studies, average FC of 4.6 t DM (dry matter) ha −1 with a standard deviation of 2.2), tropical forest ( n = 19, FC = 126 ± 77), temperate forest ( n = 12, FC = 58 ± 72), boreal forest ( n = 16, FC = 35 ± 24), pasture ( n = 4, FC = 28 ± 9.3), shifting cultivation ( n = 2, FC = 23, with a range of 4.0–43), crop residue ( n = 4, FC = 6.5 ± 9.0), chaparral ( n = 3, FC = 27 ± 19), tropical peatland ( n = 4, FC = 314 ± 196), boreal peatland ( n = 2, FC = 42 [42–43]), and tundra ( n = 1, FC = 40). Within biomes the regional variability in the number of measurements was sometimes large, with e.g. only three measurement locations in boreal Russia and 35 sites in North America. Substantial regional differences in FC were found within the defined biomes: for example, FC of temperate pine forests in the USA was 37% lower than Australian forests dominated by eucalypt trees. Besides showing the differences between biomes, FC estimates were also grouped into different fuel classes. Our results highlight the large variability in FC, not only between biomes but also within biomes and fuel classes. This implies that substantial uncertainties are associated with using biome-averaged values to represent FC for whole biomes. Comparing the compiled FC values ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Biogeosciences 11 24 7305 7329 |
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Ecology QH540-549.5 Life QH501-531 Geology QE1-996.5 T. T. van Leeuwen G. R. van der Werf A. A. Hoffmann R. G. Detmers G. Rücker N. H. F. French S. Archibald J. A. Carvalho Jr. G. D. Cook W. J. de Groot C. Hély E. S. Kasischke S. Kloster J. L. McCarty M. L. Pettinari P. Savadogo E. C. Alvarado L. Boschetti S. Manuri C. P. Meyer F. Siegert L. A. Trollope W. S. W. Trollope Biomass burning fuel consumption rates: a field measurement database |
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Landscape fires show large variability in the amount of biomass or fuel consumed per unit area burned. Fuel consumption (FC) depends on the biomass available to burn and the fraction of the biomass that is actually combusted, and can be combined with estimates of area burned to assess emissions. While burned area can be detected from space and estimates are becoming more reliable due to improved algorithms and sensors, FC is usually modeled or taken selectively from the literature. We compiled the peer-reviewed literature on FC for various biomes and fuel categories to understand FC and its variability better, and to provide a database that can be used to constrain biogeochemical models with fire modules. We compiled in total 77 studies covering 11 biomes including savanna (15 studies, average FC of 4.6 t DM (dry matter) ha −1 with a standard deviation of 2.2), tropical forest ( n = 19, FC = 126 ± 77), temperate forest ( n = 12, FC = 58 ± 72), boreal forest ( n = 16, FC = 35 ± 24), pasture ( n = 4, FC = 28 ± 9.3), shifting cultivation ( n = 2, FC = 23, with a range of 4.0–43), crop residue ( n = 4, FC = 6.5 ± 9.0), chaparral ( n = 3, FC = 27 ± 19), tropical peatland ( n = 4, FC = 314 ± 196), boreal peatland ( n = 2, FC = 42 [42–43]), and tundra ( n = 1, FC = 40). Within biomes the regional variability in the number of measurements was sometimes large, with e.g. only three measurement locations in boreal Russia and 35 sites in North America. Substantial regional differences in FC were found within the defined biomes: for example, FC of temperate pine forests in the USA was 37% lower than Australian forests dominated by eucalypt trees. Besides showing the differences between biomes, FC estimates were also grouped into different fuel classes. Our results highlight the large variability in FC, not only between biomes but also within biomes and fuel classes. This implies that substantial uncertainties are associated with using biome-averaged values to represent FC for whole biomes. Comparing the compiled FC values ... |
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