CARVE: Alaskan Fire Emissions Database (AKFED), 2001-2013

Description

This data set provides estimates of annual carbon emissions (kg carbon per square meter) from boreal fires at 450-m resolution for the state of Alaska between 2001 and 2013. To produce these data, daily burned area for 2001 to 2013 was mapped using imagery from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) combined with perimeters from the Alaska Large Fire Database. Carbon consumption was calibrated using available field measurements from black spruce forests in Alaska. Above- and below-ground carbon consumption were modeled based on environmental variables including elevation, day of burning within the fire season, pre-fire tree cover and the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR). Modeled uncertainties in carbon consumption are included in the data set. The derived burn area and carbon emissions product, referred to as the Alaskan Fire Emissions Database (AKFED), provides a resource for study of the environmental controls on daily fire dynamics, boreal fire emissions in biogeochemical models, and potential feedbacks from changing fire regimes.

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Name Format Description Link
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/carve/AKFED_V1/comp/AKFED_V1.pdf
34 Browse Image https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/sdat-tds/1282_1_fit.png
21 CARVE campaign site https://carve.ornl.gov
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/carve/AKFED_V1/
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/CARVE/guides/AKFED_V1.html
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1282
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F1282
21 Web Coverage Service for this collection. https://webmap.ornl.gov/wcsdown/dataset.jsp?ds_id=1282

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  • ecosystems
  • biosphere
  • national-geospatial-data-asset
  • human-dimensions
  • atmosphere
  • natural-hazards
  • ngda
  • air-quality
  • ecological-dynamics
  • earth-science

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