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Determination of the Energy Properties of Wildfires in Siberia by Remote Sensing

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As applied to the conditions of wildfires in Siberia, remote sensing is adapted to record the radiation power from the active fire zone in the range of 3.929–3.989 μm (Terra/MODIS data). The limits of variation of the detected values ​​of heat radiation are evaluated. Sporadic peaks that exceed the mean value of heat radiation in the fire field by a value of 2.5σ were correlated with high-intensity fires, including crown fires. The probability of remote fire detection in crown stage was no less than 65%. The quantitative dependence of the Fire Radiative Power (FRP) on the area of ​​the active zone was determined using a subpixel analysis. The fraction of forest fires in Siberia with areas of extreme heat radiation is shown to be 5.5 ± 1.2% of the total wildfires. The total area of ​​high-intensity wildfires including crown fires is at least 8.5% of the average annual wildfire area and reaches values ​​of 15–25% during extreme fire seasons.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 14-24-00112, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, the Government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, and the Krasnoyarsk Territory Fund for Support of Scientific, Scientific and Technical Activities, projects nos. 15-45-04423 and 17-41-240475.

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  1. Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center”, V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 660036, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    E. I. Ponomarev & E. G. Shvetsov

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    E. I. Ponomarev & Yu. O. Usataya

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Ponomarev, E.I., Shvetsov, E.G. & Usataya, Y.O. Determination of the Energy Properties of Wildfires in Siberia by Remote Sensing. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 54, 979–985 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S000143381809030X

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