[M-IS01] Environmental, socio-economic, and climatic changes in Northern Eurasia

[MIS01-05] Fuel load mapping in central Siberia

★Invited Papers

*Elena Kukavskaya¹, Ludmila Buryak², Evgeny Shvetsov¹, Sergey Zhila¹ (1.V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences - separate subdivision of the FRC KSC SB RAS, 2.The Branch of FBU VNIILM “Center of Forest Pyrology”)

Keywords:fuel load, Siberia, fire, logging

Fuel load and structure are fundamental drivers of fire behavior and are critical elements for strategic fire management interventions. Moreover, data on fuel loads are of high importance to accurately estimate wildland fire emissions and their contribution to the regional and global carbon balances. We have developed fuel loads maps for the Krasnoyarsk region, central Siberia by integrating satellite and ground-based data with respect to the forest-growing conditions and the disturbance of the territory by anthropogenic and natural factors (fires, loggings, insects). The maps obtained could be used to timely prepare and minimize the possible damage from fires ensuring the functional stability of forest ecosystems. The research was funded by the RFBR/KRFC Grant #20-44-242004.