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标题：Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Forest Biomass Burning in India
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作者：K.V. S. BADARINATH ; Krishna PRASAD VADREVU
期刊名称：Global Environmental Research
印刷版ISSN：1343-8808
出版年度：2011
卷号：15
期号：1
语种：English
出版社：国际环境研究会
摘要：Biomass burning is an important source of greenhouse gas emissions, most importantly carbon dioxide (CO2). In this study, we used burnt area estimates derived from the L3JRC product to estimate the CO2 emissions from forests. The results suggested that an average of 2,414 sq.kms. is burnt annually. Of the differ- ent years, 2000-2001 recorded the greatest area burnt followed by 2003-2004, with the least during 2002-2003. Spatial patterns in the burnt area maps clearly revealed the greatest burnt areas were located in the Himalayan region. Over a period of seven years, closed needleleaf evergreen forest recorded the largest burnt areas (1087 sq.kms.) of the different forest types, followed by closed broadleaf deciduous forests (937 sq.kms.) and others. The total CO2 emissions averaged across seven years were ~6.34 CO2 Tg/yr from biomass burning of forests. Spatial variation in CO2 emissions ranged from 2.37 to 3.85Gg CO 22/m with a mean of 3.10 Gg CO /m22 .