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Spatial and temporal distribution of tropical biomass burning

Hao, Wei Min, Liu, Mei‐Huey·1994·Global Biogeochemical Cycles

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A database for the spatial and temporal distribution of the amount of biomass burned in tropical America, Africa, and Asia during the late 1970s is presented with a resolution of 5° latitude × 5° longitude. The sources of burning in each grid cell have been quantified. Savanna fires, shifting cultivation, deforestation, fuel wood use, and burning of agricultural residues contribute about 50, 24, 10, 11, and 5%, respectively, of total biomass burned in the tropics. Savanna fires dominate in tropical Africa, and forest fires dominate in tropical Asia. A similar amount of biomass is burned from forest and savanna fires in tropical America. The distribution of biomass burned monthly during the dry season has been derived for each grid cell using the seasonal cycles of surface ozone concentrations. Land use changes during the last decade could have a profound impact on the amount of biomass burned and the amount of trace gases and aerosol particles emitted.

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  • Hao and Liu overestimated emissions from Africa by assuming a log-linear relationship between fire return interval and area burned.

    “Hao and Liu (35) overestimated emissions from Africa by assuming a log-linear relationship between FRI and area burned.”

    From Defining pyromes and global syndromes of fire regimes (2013) · cites this paper as [35]

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Authors
Hao, W. M., & Liu, M.
Venue
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Published
1994-12
Volume
8
Issue
4
Pages
495-503
ISSN
  • 0886-6236 (ISSN-L)
  • 1944-9224
OpenAlex
W2047080122
Cited by
528
References
28
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 16
FWCI
22.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Global Biogeochemical Cycles (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
Keywords
biomass burning, tropical fires, savanna burning, shifting cultivation, deforestation, fuelwood use, crop residue burning, forest fires, surface ozone, dry season, land use change, trace gases, aerosol particles, tropical America, tropical Africa, tropical Asia

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