Biomass burning and resulting emissions in the northern territory, australia

Abstract

The extent of biomass burning in the Northern Territory, Australia, during 1992 (a year of low fire activity) was estimated using NOAA-AVHRR satellite imagery and was subsequently used to calculate the emission of gaseous compounds from biomass burning for that year. A total of 73, 729 km2 was determine^ to have been burnt, representing 5.5% of the total Northem Territory area. The extent of biomass burning in different vegetation units in the Northern Territory was also estimated, with eucalypt communities comprising 72% of the total area burnt An estimated 29.5 x 10s tonnes of biomass was consumed by burning, resulting in the production of an estimated. © 1995 IAWF. Printed in U.S.A.