Studying the change in fAPAR after forest fires in Siberia using MODIS

Cuevas-Gonzalez, M.; Gerard, F.; Baltzer, H.; Riano, D.. 2008 Studying the change in fAPAR after forest fires in Siberia using MODIS. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29 (23). 6873-6892. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160802238427

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Abstract/Summary

Disturbance events such as fire have major effects on forest dynamics, succession and the carbon cycle in the boreal biome. This paper focuses on establishing whether characteristic spatio-temporal patterns of the fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fAPAR) occur in the initial two years after a fire event in Siberian boreal forests. Time-series of MODIS fAPAR were used to study post-fire dynamics during the year of the fire and the following two years. Three forest types (evergreen needle-leaf, deciduous needle-leaf and deciduous broadleaf) grouped in three latitudinal regions, ranging from 51° N to 65° N, were studied by analysing a sample of fourteen burned areas. For each of the burned areas an adjacent unburned control plot was selected with the aim of separating inter-annual variations caused by climate from changes in fAPAR behaviour due to a burn. The results suggest that (i) the forest types exhibit characteristic fAPAR change trajectories shortly after the fire, (ii) the differences in the fAPAR trajectories are related to the forest type, (iii) fAPAR changes are not significantly different among the latitudinal regions, and (iv) the limited temporal variability observed among the three years of observations indicates that fAPAR varies very little in the initial years after a fire event.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160802238427
Programmes:	CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry > CC01B Land-surface Feedbacks in the Climate System > CC01.5 Datasets for land-surface science
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Harding (to July 2011)
ISSN:	0143-1161
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	You are able to post, after an embargo period commencing 12 months (STM) or 18 months (SSH) after first publication (either in print or online), your revised text version of the final article after editing and peer review on your home page, internal university, college, or corporate network or intranet, or within an Institutional or Subject Repository
Additional Keywords:	regeneration, boreal forest, Siberia, fAPAR, wildfires, post-fire, MODIS
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment Earth Sciences
Date made live:	02 Mar 2009 16:23 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/3205

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160802238427

Programmes:

CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry > CC01B Land-surface Feedbacks in the Climate System > CC01.5 Datasets for land-surface science

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Harding (to July 2011)

ISSN:

0143-1161

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

You are able to post, after an embargo period commencing 12 months (STM) or 18 months (SSH) after first publication (either in print or online), your revised text version of the final article after editing and peer review on your home page, internal university, college, or corporate network or intranet, or within an Institutional or Subject Repository

Additional Keywords:

regeneration, boreal forest, Siberia, fAPAR, wildfires, post-fire, MODIS

NORA Subject Terms:

Ecology and Environment
Earth Sciences

Date made live:

02 Mar 2009 16:23 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/3205