Estimating Immediate Post-Fire Carbon Fluxes Using the Eddy-Covariance Technique

Oliveira BRF, Schaller C, Keizer JJ, Foken T

Forschungsartikel (Zeitschrift) | Peer reviewed

Zusammenfassung

Wildfires typically affect multiple forest ecosystem services, with carbon sequestration being affected both directly, through the combustion of vegetation, litter and soil organic matter, and indirectly, through perturbation of the energy and matter balances. Post-fire carbon fluxes continue to be poorly studied at the ecosystem scale, especially during the initial window of disturbance when changes in environmental conditions can be very pronounced due to the deposition and subsequent mobilization of a wildfire ash layer and the recovery of the vegetation. Therefore, an eddy-covariance system was installed in a burnt area as soon as possible after a wildfire that had occurred on 13 August 2017 and has been operating from the 43rd post-fire day onwards. The study site was specifically selected in a Mediterranean woodland area dominated by maritime pine stands with a low stature that had burned at high severity.

Details zur Publikation

FachzeitschriftBiogeosciences
Jahrgang / Bandnr. / Volume18
Seitenbereich285-302
StatusVeröffentlicht
Veröffentlichungsjahr2021
Sprache, in der die Publikation verfasst istEnglisch
DOI10.5194/bg-18-285-2021

Autor*innen der Universität Münster

Schaller, Carsten
Professur für Klimatologie (Prof. Klemm)