Satellite remote sensing of active fires: History and current status, applications and future requirements

MJ Wooster, GJ Roberts, L Giglio, DP Roy… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Landscape fire is a widespread, somewhat unpredictable phenomena that plays an
important part in Earth's biogeochemical cycling. In many biomes worldwide fire also …

Advancing scientific understanding of the global methane budget in support of the Paris Agreement

AL Ganesan, S Schwietzke, B Poulter… - Global …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2015 Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change aims to keep global average temperature increases well below 2° C of …

Multi-decadal trends and variability in burned area from the 5th version of the Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED5)

Y Chen, J Hall, D Van Wees, N Andela… - Earth System …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
Long-term records of burned area are needed to understand wildfire dynamics, assess fire
impacts on ecosystems and air quality, and improve fire forecasts. Here we fuse multiple …

Using machine learning algorithms to predict groundwater levels in Indonesian tropical peatlands

IS Hikouei, KN Eshleman, BH Saharjo… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tropical peatlands play a vital role in the global carbon cycle as large carbon reservoirs and
substantial carbon sinks. Indonesia possesses the largest share (65%) of tropical peat …

Near-complete loss of fire-resistant primary tropical forest cover in Sumatra and Kalimantan

T Nikonovas, A Spessa, SH Doerr, GD Clay… - … Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Deforestation in Indonesia in recent decades has made increasingly large parts of the
region vulnerable to fires. Burning is particularly widespread in deforested peatlands, and it …

New estimate of particulate emissions from Indonesian peat fires in 2015

L Kiely, DV Spracklen, C Wiedinmyer… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Indonesia contains large areas of peatland that have been drained and cleared of natural
vegetation, making them susceptible to burning. Peat fires emit considerable amounts of …

Hourly biomass burning emissions product from blended geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites for air quality forecasting applications

F Li, X Zhang, S Kondragunta, X Lu, I Csiszar… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biomass burning influences atmospheric composition and regional air quality. The hourly
biomass-burning emissions are usually required by air quality models, yet most available …

Refined burned-area mapping protocol using Sentinel-2 data increases estimate of 2019 Indonesian burning

D Gaveau, A Descals, M Salim… - Earth System Science …, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
Like many tropical forest nations, Indonesia is challenged by landscape fires. A confident
understanding of the area and distribution of burning is crucial to understanding the …

Associations between exposure to landscape fire smoke and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a matched case-control study

T Xue, G Geng, J Li, Y Han, Q Guo, FJ Kelly… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The prevalence of landscape fires has increased, particularly in low-income
and middle-income countries (LMICs). We aimed to assess the impact of exposure to …

Large air quality and human health impacts due to Amazon forest and vegetation fires

EW Butt, L Conibear, CL Reddington… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Vegetation fires across the tropics emit fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) to the atmosphere,
degrading regional air quality and impacting human health. Extensive vegetation fires occur …