Linking fire radiative power to land cover, fire history, and environmental setting in Alaska, 2003–2022
Jessica J. Walker
A * , Rachel A. Loehman B , Britt W. Smith A and Christopher E. Soulard C
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B
C
Abstract
Fire radiative power (FRP) shows promise as a diagnostic and predictive indicator of fire behavior and post-fire effects in Alaska, USA.
To investigate relationships between FRP, vegetation functional groups, and environmental settings in Alaska (2003–2022) under various fire history conditions.
We tested for distinctness of MODIS FRP distributions associated with vegetation classes and fire legacies (frequency and number of previous burns). We used a random forest model to examine relative importance of vegetation class for FRP versus bottom-up biophysical and temporal parameters.
FRP distributions are statistically distinct among vegetation functional groups with contrasting fuel biomass, or within functional groups with contrasting burn characteristics. Location and topography, which constrain vegetation class, strongly determine FRP, and fire history is of lesser importance over the 19-year analysis period.
FRP can be used to identify wildfire consumption in dissimilar vegetation classes but is highly conditioned by geographic location. The complex and evolving vegetation composition of post-fire boreal landscapes precludes a clear association of expected FRP at distinct stages of recovery.
These results can inform further study of FRP as an indicator of fire behavior and fuel consumption and for informing dynamics of post-fire recovery across Alaska.
Keywords: Alaska, black spruce, boreal, fire intensity, Fire radiative power (FRP), MODIS, post-fire, shrubland, tundra, white spruce, wildfire.
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