Multi-scale fire modeling in the neotropics: coupling a land surface model to a high resolution fire spread model, considering land cover heterogeneity

Land-Use and Land-Cover Change (LUCC) is a major cause of biomass burning in neotropical ecosystems, through logging and slash-and-burn clearing of forests for agriculture and subsequent pasture burning. Current Dynamic Vegetation Models (DGVMs), the land surface components of Earth System Models (E...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Etienne Tourigny
Other Authors: Carlos Afonso Nobre
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) 2014
Online Access:http://urlib.net/sid.inpe.br/mtc-m21b/2014/05.30.00.36