Daily black carbon emissions data from fires in Northern Eurasia for 2002–2015
This data publication, the Fire Emission Inventory – Northern Eurasia (FEI-NE), consists of a high spatial resolution (500 meter × 500 meter) dataset of daily black carbon (BC) emissions from forest, grassland, shrubland, and savanna fires in Northern Eurasia from 2002 to 2015. BC emissions were estimated using land cover maps and detected burned areas based on MODIS (MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) remote sensing products, the Forest Inventory Survey of the Russian Federation, the IPCC Tier-1 Global Biomass Carbon Map for the year 2000, and cover type specific BC emission factors. The data publication includes land cover type, fuel loading, and fuel consumption which are input for the model used to estimate BC emissions. These data provide daily emission sources for the assessment of the transport and deposition of BC on Arctic ice and snow.<br>Black carbon (BC), is a strongly light-absorbing component of particulate matter (PM). BC is produced by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biomass, and biofuel, and is emitted into the atmosphere as fine particulate matter (PM2.5, particles with an aerodynamic diameter < 2.5 microns). BC is the most effective form of PM (by mass) at absorbing solar radiation and it exerts significant direct radiative forcing that contributes to climate warming. Additionally, BC deposited on Arctic snow and ice can significantly reduce the surface albedo, resulting in greater absorption of solar radiation which is a positive radiative forcing. Further, the reduced surface albedo from BC deposition can accelerate the melting of Arctic snow and ice, reducing the extent and duration of snow and ice coverage thereby further reducing the surface albedo and providing a positive feedback to climate warming. Open biomass burning in Northern Eurasia is a potentially important source of BC deposition in the Arctic. This data product provides daily emission sources for the assessment of the transport and deposition of BC onto Arctic ice and snow. Such information is critical for assessing the impacts of BC on accelerated melting of Arctic ice and snow and on solar radiation in the atmosphere.
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| Format: | Dataset biblioteca |
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2016
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| Subjects: | Environmental sciences, environment, smoke emissions, wildland fire, Fire effects on environment, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, Carbon, wildfire, Smoke, Climate change, smoke dispersion, Fire, biomass burning, |
| Online Access: | https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Daily_black_carbon_emissions_data_from_fires_in_Northern_Eurasia_for_2002_2015/27006871 |
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