MAPPING FUEL CONSUMPTION FOR CARBON CYCLE STUDIES

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MAPPING FUEL CONSUMPTION FOR CARBON CYCLE STUDIES

• Nancy H.F. French, PI
• Richard Powell, Luke Spaete,Luz Silverio,
  Benjamin Koziol
• ?? Research Institute
• Michigan Technological University
• Ann Arbor, Michigan

Parks Hwy 2006 Fire 134,462 acres Photo by Adam
Kohley
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Presentation Outline

• Background
• General approach
• Remote Sensing of Fuel consumption
• Field measurements of fuel consumption
• Results
• Next steps
• Contribution of this research

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BackgroundFire and the Carbon Cycle

• Include a review of carbon and fire

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BackgroundTerminology Issues

• What words do we use?
• Fire research meets fire management
• Biosphere vs. atmosphere (what is your point of
  view?)
• Fuel/biomass/carbon
• Wood live veg 45-50 carbon
• Organic matter ??-??, varies by depth origin
  of material (leaf, moss, etc)
• kg/m2 T/ha t/a
• Carbon source vs sink
• Source/release/emission
• Sink/sequester/vegetation production (GPP/NPP)

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MethodsGeneral Approach

• Remote sensing for quantifying consumption levels
• Field measurement of fuel consumption

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MethodsAlaska Boreal Region
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MethodsWestern Lower48 Region
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Results
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Summary Conclusions