Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/Z/S/2001/01027
Retrieval of fire radiative energy to support biomass-burning emissions inventories: derivation via new spaceborne mid-IR radiometry.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor MJ Wooster, King's College London, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr G Perry, King's College London, Geography
- Grant held at:
- King's College London, Geography
- Science Area:
- Terrestrial
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Terrestrial
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Land - Atmosphere Interactions
- Ecosystem Scale Processes
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Studies of the global atmospheric transport and chemistry implications of tropical savanna burning require spatio-temporally resolved data on biomass combustion rates and pyrogenic emissions at scales appropriate to meso-meteorological models and the emitted chemicals lifetime. We will develop these data via retrieval of fire radiative energy (FRE) from spaceborne mid-IR radiometry. Relationships between FRE and rates of biomass combustion will be validated experimentally and the potential of FRE as a route to direct emissions estimates via synergy between ESA's 2002 geostationary SEVIRI and the proposed orbiting Fire Emissions Assessment System (FEMAS) will be explored. The new SEVIRI observations will be used to retrieve FRE at very high temporal frequencies, providing new data on total biomass burnt and on the diurnal variations important to atmospheric transport.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/Z/S/2001/01027
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- New Observing Techniques
This grant award has a total value of £133,275
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Equipment | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £56,167 | £17,526 | £2,318 | £31,427 | £25,837 |
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