Development of Decision Products for Spatial Quantification of
Carbon Emissions from Wildfire for North America
FERA scientists are co-investigators in a project linking remote
sensing and ground-based products that estimate carbon emissions
from fires at regional scales across North America. FERA’s
involvement will be to develop Fuel
Characteristic Classification System (FCCS) fuelbeds for major
fuel types in Mexico, Canada, Alaska, and the conterminous United
States. We will also assist in linking the Fuel Characteristic Classification
System and Consume 3.0
into a web-based information and decision support system that will
provide estimates of carbon release and other emissions from fire.
Completion of Fuelbed GIS Layer: September 1, 2008
Project Leads: Roger
Ottmar and Don McKenzie
Collaborators: The principal investigator is Dr.
Nancy French of the Michigan Tech Research Institute, Michigan Technological
University. Collaborators include Dr. Eric Kasischke (University
of Maryland), Dr. Ernesto Alvarado (FERA team), and William de Groot,
Canadian Forest Service.
This
research is funded by National Aeronautical
and Space Administration (NASA)
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