Insights on Fire and Soil Moisture Relationships from Max-Planck-Institute Research

Explore the fascinating research findings on the interaction between fire dynamics and soil moisture content, as studied by scientists from the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg. Discover details on burned areas, carbon emissions, biomass consumption, fire impacts on vegetation, and more, shedding light on environmental processes and ecosystem health.

• Fire dynamics
• Soil moisture
• Max-Planck-Institute
• Carbon emissions
• Vegetation model

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1. Fire / Soil Moisture Stiig Wilkenskjeld, Gitta Lasslop Silvia Kloster Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology Hamburg

2. Fire Soil Moisture CCI SM ESA CCI & GFEDv3 GFEDv4

3. Fire Soil Moisture relative burned area [] Relative soil moisture [%]

4. Fire Soil Moisture Relative width deviation [] Relative peak deviation []

5. Fire Soil Moisture Relative width deviation [] Relative peak deviation [] MPI-ESM / CMIP6 simulations

6. Fire Burned area Carbon Emissions Biomass consumed Fire Emissions Burned Area

7. Fire Burned area Carbon Emissions Biomass consumed Fire Emissions Burned Area Fire CCI v 4.1 2005 2011 0.25 x 0.25 Bi-weekly

8. Fire Burned area Carbon Emissions Biomass consumed Fire Emissions Burned Area Fire CCI v 4.1 Vegetation Model 2005 2011 JSBACH (MPI-ESM) - - - - what is burning (tree/grass)? how much is burning ? did the fire kill the tree? what happened before 2005? 0.25 x 0.25 Bi-weekly

9. Fire Burned area Carbon Emissions Biomass consumed Fire Emissions Burned Area Fire CCI v 4.1 Vegetation Model 2005 2011 JSBACH (MPI-ESM) - - - - what is burning (tree/grass)? how much is burning ? did the fire kill the tree? what happened before 2005? 0.25 x 0.25 Bi-weekly

10. Fire Burned area Carbon Emissions C emissions 2.19 PgC/year burned area 346 Mha

11. Fire Burned area Carbon Emissions C emissions 2.19 PgC/year burned area 346 Mha GFED4s: 402 Mha 2.18 PgC/year (van der Werf in prep.)

12. Fire Burned area Carbon Emissions C emissions 2005 - 2011 burned area 2005 - 2011 2005. 2006. 2007 2008 2009. 2010 2011 2005. 2006. 2007 2008 2009. 2010 2011

13. Fire Burned area Carbon Emissions Simulation Burned Land Cover Combustio n completen ess Fire Carbon Emission [PgC/year] Area JSBACH FIRE CCI JSBACH f(soil moisture), max=0.3 2.19 CCI FIRE CCI LC CCI f(soil moisture), max=0.3 1.86 JSBACH_B oreal FIRE CCI JSBACH f(soil moisture), boreal = 0.6 2.21

14. Fire Burned area Carbon Emissions Simulation Burned Area Land Cover Combustion completenes s Fire Carbon Emission [PgC/year] JSBACH FIRE CCI JSBACH f(soil moisture), max=0.3 2.19 JSBACH + FIRE CCI + uncertainty JSBACH f(soil moisture), max=0.3 2.52 (+15 %) JSBACH - FIRE CCI - uncertainty JSBACH f(soil moisture), max=0.3 1.78 (-19%) Burned area Min= 248 Mha / Max = 444 Mha +/- 28%

15. Summary / Outlook ESA CCI burned area as boundary condition in JSBACH fire emissions Consistency between FIRE CCI and LC CCI assures that models burn the correct trees use new release of FIRE CCI (2000 2016) ESA CCI burned area as boundary conditions in Vegetation Models Model intercomparison Protocol development Transport fire emissions compare to ESA CCI GHG