衛星によって制限された2019~2020年のオーストラリアの火災による大規模なCO2排出量
Ivar R van der Velde1,2, Guido R van der Werf3, Sander Houweling4,3
1SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands. I.R.van.der.Velde@sron.nl.
Nature
|September 16, 2021
まとめ
オーストラリア南東部の2019~2020年の森林火災は二酸化炭素を大量に放出しました. 衛星データによると 排出量は前回の2倍以上で 気候変動が火による炭素のフィードバックに与える影響を 強調しています
科学分野:
- 環境科学
- 大気化学
- 気候科学
背景:
- オーストラリア南東部は,2019年~2020年の夏に深刻な森林火災を経験した.
- これらの火災は 大気中に大量の二酸化炭素を放出しました
- 既存の排出量の推定値は不確実で,最大4倍の差があります.
研究 の 目的:
- 2019-2020年のオーストラリアの野火のより正確な排出量推定を提供するためです.
- 衛星観測と分析方法を用いて二酸化炭素と一酸化炭素の排出量を制限する.
主な方法:
- 一酸化炭素の衛星観測を利用した.
- 分析的なベイジアン逆転技術を使いました
- 排出された二酸化炭素と一酸化炭素の比率を計上した.
主要な成果:
- 2019年11月から2020年1月までの二酸化炭素排出量は715テラグラム (範囲517867Tg) と推定されています.
- これは5つの異なる火災インベントリの2倍以上です.
- 発見は火災エピソードの ボトムアップの分析と一致しています
結論:
- 2019-2020年の野火は大気中の二酸化炭素レベルに大きな影響を与えた.
- 気候変動は これらの極端な火災の 重要な要因です
- 正確な排出量推定は 炎による気候と炭素のフィードバックを理解するために不可欠です
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