Fires and Emissions from Temperate and Boreal Ecosystems in North America: Past, Present, and Future

Start Date:

01/01/2000

End Date:

01/01/2003

Project Call:

Land-Cover Land-Use Change

Science Theme:

Carbon and Biogeochemical Cycle Impacts

Observations and Data

Regional Initiative:

North American Carbon Project

Region:

Solicitation:

Team members:

Person Name	Person role on project	Affiliation
Peng Gong	Principal Investigator	University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, United States

Abstract:

Develop a historical trend of spatial and temporal distribution of fires, burned areas, and emissions of trace gases and particulate in North America’s temperate and boreal ecosystems: 1985-2000 • Develop a prototype system for monitoring fires and burned areas as well as quantifying smoke emissions in North America

Project Documents

Year	Authors	Type	Title
2002	Peng Gong	Annual Progress Report	Retrieval of Surface Reflectance and LAI Mapping with Data from ALI, Hyperion and AVIRIS
2002	Zhanqing Li	Annual Progress Report	Progress Report of a Joint Project on “Monitoring and Mapping of Forest Fires Across North America from Long-term AVHRR Archive
2001	Peng Gong Zxin Li	NASA LCLUC Science Team Presentation	Development of Long Term Inventory of Fire Burned Areas and Emissions of North America’s Boreal and Temperate Forests
2000	Peng Gong	Abstract	Fires and Emissions from Temperate and Boreal Ecosystems in North America: Past, Present, and Future