GC44C:
The Role of Fire in the Earth System: Understanding Drivers, Feedbacks, and Interactions with the Land, Atmosphere, and Society II

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Session ID#: 32597

Session Description:
Anthropogenic and natural fires are an important component of the Earth system. Geographic location, fuel type, seasonality and intensity of fire largely determine the sign and magnitude of feedbacks on the Earth system. The aim of this session is to explore links between fire, vegetation, climate, and humans from the local to the global scale and determine how these interactions will change in a warming world. We encourage abstracts that explore the interactions of fires with the terrestrial biosphere and atmosphere using remote sensing, in situ observations, modeling, or an integrated approach with an emphasis on (1) impacts of fire on weather and climate, atmospheric chemistry and air quality, (2) the role of fires in the carbon cycle and ecosystem functioning, (3) the influence of humans on fire (and vice versa), and (4) the changing nature of fire over millennia, and predictions for the future.
Primary Convener:  Brendan M Rogers, Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, United States
Conveners:  Paulo M Brando, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA, 02540-1644, USA, Falmouth, MA, United States, Mick Tosca, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States and Xanthe J Walker, Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Chairs:  Mick Tosca, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Paulo M Brando, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA, 02540-1644, USA, Falmouth, MA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Mick Tosca, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • B - Biogeosciences
Index Terms:

0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1615 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1631 Land/atmosphere interactions [GLOBAL CHANGE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

A human-driven decline in global burned area (Invited) (217979)
Niels Andela, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Fires in Non-drought Conditions in Indonesia: the Role of Increasing Temperatures (227027)
Katia Fernandes, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, United States, Louis V Verchot, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Agroecosystems and Sustainable Landscapes, Cali, Colombia, Walter Baethgen, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, Victor Gutierrez-Velez, Temple University, Department of Geography, Environment and Urban Studies, Philadelphia, United States, Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez, Columbia University of New York, CERC, Palisades, NY, United States and Christopher Martius, Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor, Indonesia
Spatiotemporal patterns of fire-induced forest mortality in boreal regions and its potential drivers (289795)
Jia Yang1, Hanqin Tian2, Shufen Pan1, Matthew Hansen3 and Yuhang Wang4, (1)Auburn University, International Center for Climate and Global Change Research and School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn, AL, United States, (2)Boston College, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston, United States, (3)University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States, (4)Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States
Post-fire ecosystem recovery trajectories along burn severity gradients (297412)
Beth A Newingham1, Andrew T Hudak2, Benjamin C Bright3, April G Smith1 and Azad Henareh Khalyani4, (1)USDA ARS, Great Basin Rangelands Research Unit, Reno, NV, United States, (2)USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, United States, (3)USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, ID, United States, (4)Colorado State University, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Examining fire-induced forest changes using novel remote sensing technique: a case study in a mixed pine-oak forest (246193)
Ran Meng, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Upton, NY, United States, Jin Wu, The University of Hong Kong, School of Biological Sciences, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Feng Robin Zhao, University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, Bruce Cook, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, Ryan P. Hanavan, US Forest Service Durham, Durham Field Office, Forest Health Protection, Durham, NH, United States and Dr. Shawn Serbin, BA, MS, PhD, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental Science and Technologies Department, Upton, United States
Quantifying spatial variability of depth of peat burn in wetlands in relation to antecedent characteristics using field data, multi-temporal and multi-spectral LiDAR (291851)
Laura Chasmer1, Linda Flade2, Ravinder Virk2, Joshua Scott Montgomery1, Chris Hopkinson3, Daniel K Thompson4, Richard M Petrone5 and Kevin Devito6, (1)University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, (2)University of Lethbridge, Geography, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, (3)University of Lethbridge, Geography and Environment, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, (4)Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (5)University of Waterloo, Geography and Environmental Management, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (6)University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences, Edmonton, AB, Canada

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