Application of the wildland fire emissions inventory system to estimate fire emissions on forest lands of the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Forests are significant terrestrial biomes for carbon storage, and annual carbon accumulation of forest biomass contributes offsets affecting net greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The immediate loss of stored carbon through fire on forest lands reduces the annual offsets provided by forests. As such, the United States reporting includes annual estimates of direct fire emissions in conjunction with the overall forest stock and change estimates as a part of national greenhouse gas inventories within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Forest fire emissions reported for the United States, such as the 129 Tg CO₂ reported for 2022, are based on the Wildland Fire Emissions Inventory System (WFEIS). Current WFEIS estimates are included in the

SUBMITTER: Smith JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11325709 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature