Carbon dioxide and particulate emissions from the 2013 Tasmanian firestorm: implications for Australian carbon accounting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Uncontrolled wildfires in Australian temperate Eucalyptus forests produce significant smoke emissions, particularly carbon dioxide (CO₂) and particulates. Emissions from fires in these ecosystems, however, have received less research attention than the fires in North American conifer forests or frequently burned Australian tropical savannas. Here, we use the 2013 Forcett-Dunalley fire that caused the first recorded pyrocumulonimbus event in Tasmania, to understand CO₂ and particulate matter (PM_2.5) emissions from a severe Eucalyptus forest fire. We investigate the spatial patterns of the two emissions using a fine scale mapping of vegetation and fire severity (50 m resolution), and utilising available emission factors suitable for Austral

SUBMITTER: Ndalila MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9134655 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature