世界 規模 で 燃え尽き た 土地 の 減少
N Andela1,2, D C Morton3, L Giglio4
1Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA. niels.andela@nasa.gov.
まとめ
世界的な火災の発生は 過去18年間で著しく減少しました 主に農業の拡大が原因です この傾向は生態系,大気組成,炭素循環に影響を及ぼし,現在の火災モデルは将来の排出量を過大評価している可能性があります.
科学分野:
- 地球システム科学
- エコロジー
- 大気科学
背景:
- 火は生態系と大気の組成に影響を与える 地球システムの重要なプロセスです
- 長期の火災の傾向を理解することは 気候と生態系のモデリングに不可欠です
研究 の 目的:
- 複数の衛星データセットを使用して,世界の長期火災の傾向を評価する.
- 燃えた領域の観測された変化の主なドライバーを特定する.
- エアロゾール濃度,植物の構造,そして地球上の炭素吸収源への火災傾向の影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- 18年の間,複数の衛星から得られた 焼いたエリアのデータセットの分析.
- 観測結果の信頼性を確保するために,降水変動の統計的調整を行う.
- 経済的,人口学的変数との相関分析により,火災傾向の要因を特定する.
主要な成果:
- 過去18年間で全焼面積は24. 3±8. 8%減少した.
- 減少はサバンナの生態系で最も顕著で 降雨を考慮すると強かった.
- 農業の拡大と集中が 減少した火災の主要な原因と判明しました
結論:
- 観測された火災減少は,現在の火災モデルが将来の排出量を過大評価していることを示唆しています.
- 火災の減少は,エアロゾールレベル,植生,そして地球上の炭素吸収に重大な影響を及ぼします.
- 経済的,人口学的要因を統合した概念モデルは,人間に影響を受けた風景における火災の動態を予測することができます.
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