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| Titel |
Separating agricultural and non-agricultural fire seasonality at regional scales |
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B. I. Magi, S. Rabin, E. Shevliakova, S. Pacala |
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Englisch
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| ISSN |
1726-4170
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In: Biogeosciences ; 9, no. 8 ; Nr. 9, no. 8 (2012-08-08), S.3003-3012 |
| Datensatznummer |
250007232
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/bg-9-3003-2012.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The timing and length of burning seasons in different parts of the world
depend on climate, land-cover characteristics, and human activities. In this
study, global burned area estimates are used in conjunction with global
gridded distributions of agricultural land-cover types (defined as the sum
of cropland and pasture area) to separate the seasonality of agricultural
burning practices from that of non-agricultural fire. The results presented
in this study show that agricultural and non-agricultural land experience
broadly different fire seasonality patterns that are not always linked to
climate conditions. We highlight these differences on a regional basis,
examining variations in both agricultural land cover and associated cultural
practices to help explain our results. While we discuss two land-cover
categories, the methods can be generalized to derive seasonality for any
number of land uses or cover types. This will be useful as global fire
models evolve to be fully interactive with land-use and land-cover change in
the next generation of Earth system models. |
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