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Estimation of Pyrogenic Carbon Emissions from Forests of Sikkim Himalaya, India:A Geoinformatics Approach


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1 Forests, Environment and Wildlife Management Department, Government of Sikkim, Deorali, Gangtok 737 102, India
2 Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok 737 102, India
 

With a view to understanding the micro-level mechanisms and lay the future path for improved carbon emission estimations from forest fires, we estimate fire emissions in Sikkim Himalaya, India. Remote sensing and geographical information system were used for fire scar identification, by mapping the multiple strata-based carbon density and partitioning the forest carbon into multiple pools. Fraction of carbon consumed in fire was further partitioned into the processes of flaming and smouldering. The estimation of trace gases of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane was made accordingly.

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Carbon Emissions, Forest Fire, Geoinformatics Approach, Remote Sensing.
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Authors

Pradeep Kumar
Forests, Environment and Wildlife Management Department, Government of Sikkim, Deorali, Gangtok 737 102, India
M. K. Ghose
Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok 737 102, India

Abstract


With a view to understanding the micro-level mechanisms and lay the future path for improved carbon emission estimations from forest fires, we estimate fire emissions in Sikkim Himalaya, India. Remote sensing and geographical information system were used for fire scar identification, by mapping the multiple strata-based carbon density and partitioning the forest carbon into multiple pools. Fraction of carbon consumed in fire was further partitioned into the processes of flaming and smouldering. The estimation of trace gases of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane was made accordingly.

Keywords


Carbon Emissions, Forest Fire, Geoinformatics Approach, Remote Sensing.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv112%2Fi09%2F1864-1872