Publications

Below you will find links to reports, publications, and presentations for the Modeling Biomass Consumption Variability in Forest Fires project.

Assessment of Biomass Consumption Variability in Forest Fires Using Satellite Remote Sensing:
Year 1 Progress Report

Main body
Appendix A: Table of fuel consumption values by ecoregion computed from data collected through literature review.
Appendix B: Modified CBI form and instruction "cheat sheet" for use
in Alaska.
Appendix C: Description of the process to derive dNBR from Landsat.
Appendix D: List of participants and notes from meeting at Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, October 20, 2004 to discuss collaboration.
Appendix E: List of participants and notes from May 2-3, 2005 meeting in Glacier National Park to discuss CBI and dNBR.
Appendix F: List of participants, agenda, and notes from meeting on May 5-6, 2005 in Ann Arbor to discuss collaborations.
Appendix G: Biomass Consumption Variability in Forest Fires. Poster presented at the first Symposium for Earth Systems Scholars (ESSN) on Sept. 27-29, 2004.
Appendix H: Poster and paper presented at the 31st International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 20-24, 2005.
Appendix I: Abstract of paper prepared and conditionally accepted for publication in a special issue of Global and Planetary Change.
Appendix J: Presentation prepared and presented by intern L. Silverio at the conclusion of her internship.
Appendix K: Description of Altarum Institute internship program and evaluation process.

Assessment of Biomass Consumption Variability In Forest Fires Using Satellite Remote Sensing:
Year 2 Progress Report

Main Body
Appendix A: Boreal Forest Fire Biomass Consumption for Carbon Emission Estimation: Measurement Requirements and Current Research. Poster presented at Fall 2005 American Geophysical Union meeting, San Francisco, December 2005.
Appendix B: Assessment of Biomass Consumption in North American Fire. Poster presented at NASA LCLUC meeting, College Park, MD, April 2006.
Appendix C: Meeting minutes and participant list for two meetings of the Alaska Burn Severity Working Group in February and June 2006.
Appendix D: First page of journal article on the contribution of boreal fire emissions with Dr. French as co-author.
Appendix E: Field collection procedures complied by E. Kasischke for quantifying fuel consumption in Alaskan sites.
Appendix F: Minutes of the March 2006 meeting in Edmonton with Canadian Forest Service carbon emissions team

Posters and Presentations

Modelling Biomass Consumption In Forest Fires. Poster presented at the National Carbon Program conference, January 2007
Forest Fires in Three Western Ecoregions: Relating Burn Patterns to Biomass Consumption
Estimating Error in Total Carbon Emissions from Alaskan Wildfires. Poster presented at: Improving Global Estimates of Atmospheric Emissions from Biomass Burning: A joint GOFC/GOLD Fire and IGBP-IGAC/BIBEX Workshop. July 17-19, 2002, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
A Multi-Sensor Approach To Fine-Scale Fire Characterization.