Articles | Volume 15, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5259-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-5259-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
13 May 2015
Research article |
| 13 May 2015
Greenhouse gas emissions from laboratory-scale fires in wildland fuels depend on fire spread mode and phase of combustion
N. C. Surawski
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
CSIRO Land and Water Flagship and Agriculture Flagship, Clunies Ross St, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia
A. L. Sullivan
CSIRO Land and Water Flagship and Agriculture Flagship, Clunies Ross St, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia
C. P. Meyer
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, Station St, Aspendale, VIC 3195, Australia
S. H. Roxburgh
CSIRO Land and Water Flagship and Agriculture Flagship, Clunies Ross St, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia
P. J. Polglase
CSIRO Land and Water Flagship and Agriculture Flagship, Clunies Ross St, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia
Viewed
Total article views: 3,673 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 08 Sep 2014)
| HTML | XML | Total | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,125 | 1,438 | 110 | 3,673 | 96 | 95 |
- HTML: 2,125
- PDF: 1,438
- XML: 110
- Total: 3,673
- BibTeX: 96
- EndNote: 95
Total article views: 2,979 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 13 May 2015)
| HTML | XML | Total | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,772 | 1,122 | 85 | 2,979 | 79 | 84 |
- HTML: 1,772
- PDF: 1,122
- XML: 85
- Total: 2,979
- BibTeX: 79
- EndNote: 84
Total article views: 694 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 08 Sep 2014)
| HTML | XML | Total | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 353 | 316 | 25 | 694 | 17 | 11 |
- HTML: 353
- PDF: 316
- XML: 25
- Total: 694
- BibTeX: 17
- EndNote: 11
Cited
33 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Dynamics of the Decomposition of Gas Molecules Containing Sulfur and Nitrogen from Char-S and Char-N Structures in Combustion and Pyrolysis Reactions M. Yilmaz et al. 10.1080/00102202.2024.2365258
- Stable carbon isotopic composition of biomass burning emissions – implications for estimating the contribution of C<sub>3</sub> and C<sub>4</sub> plants R. Vernooij et al. 10.5194/acp-22-2871-2022
- The Relevance of Pyrogenic Carbon for Carbon Budgets From Fires: Insights From the FIREX Experiment C. Santin et al. 10.1029/2020GB006647
- Methane gas emissions from savanna fires: what analysis of local burning regimes in a working West African landscape tell us P. Laris et al. 10.5194/bg-18-6229-2021
- A transdisciplinary approach to understanding the health effects of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke regimes G. Williamson et al. 10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/125009
- Ground‐Based Field Measurements of PM2.5 Emission Factors From Flaming and Smoldering Combustion in Eucalypt Forests F. Reisen et al. 10.1029/2018JD028488
- Exploring how fire spread mode shapes the composition of pyrogenic carbon from burning forest litter fuels in a combustion wind tunnel N. Surawski et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134306
- An Investigation of Oxygen Availability in Spreading Fires A. Howell et al. 10.1007/s10694-023-01396-6
- Self-sustaining smouldering combustion of waste: A review on applications, key parameters and potential resource recovery H. Wyn et al. 10.1016/j.fuproc.2020.106425
- Dynamic savanna burning emission factors based on satellite data using a machine learning approach R. Vernooij et al. 10.5194/esd-14-1039-2023
- Visual assessments of fuel loads are poorly related to destructively sampled fuel loads in eucalypt forests L. Volkova et al. 10.1071/WF15223
- Intraseasonal variability of greenhouse gas emission factors from biomass burning in the Brazilian Cerrado R. Vernooij et al. 10.5194/bg-18-1375-2021
- Estimates of greenhouse gas and black carbon emissions from a major Australian wildfire with high spatiotemporal resolution N. Surawski et al. 10.1002/2016JD025087
- The Emission Characteristics and Health Risks of Firefighter-Accessed Fire: A Review X. Tian et al. 10.3390/toxics12100739
- Incorrect interpretation of carbon mass balance biases global vegetation fire emission estimates N. Surawski et al. 10.1038/ncomms11536
- Inside the Inferno: Fundamental Processes of Wildland Fire Behaviour A. Sullivan 10.1007/s40725-017-0057-0
- Models meet data: Challenges and opportunities in implementing land management in Earth system models J. Pongratz et al. 10.1111/gcb.13988
- Wildfires: Australia needs national monitoring agency D. Bowman et al. 10.1038/d41586-020-02306-4
- Assessing Carbon Emissions from Biomass Burning in Croplands in Burkina Faso, West Africa P. Bougma et al. 10.3390/fire6100402
- Improving reporting of national greenhouse gas emissions from forest fires for emission reduction benefits: An example from Australia L. Volkova et al. 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.12.023
- Emissions from village cookstoves in Haryana, India, and their potential impacts on air quality L. Fleming et al. 10.5194/acp-18-15169-2018
- Southern Himalayas rainfall as a key driver of interannual variation of pre-monsoon aerosols over the Tibetan Plateau W. Liu et al. 10.1038/s41612-023-00392-5
- Investigation of mercury emissions from burning of Australian eucalypt forest surface fuels using a combustion wind tunnel and field observations D. Howard et al. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.12.015
- Emissions of trace gases from Australian temperate forest fires: emission factors and dependence on modified combustion efficiency E. Guérette et al. 10.5194/acp-18-3717-2018
- Carbon dioxide and particulate emissions from the 2013 Tasmanian firestorm: implications for Australian carbon accounting M. Ndalila et al. 10.1186/s13021-022-00207-9
- Designing a conceptual framework for strategic selection of Bushfire mitigation approaches S. Tayari et al. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118486
- Molecular composition and photochemical lifetimes of brown carbon chromophores in biomass burning organic aerosol L. Fleming et al. 10.5194/acp-20-1105-2020
- Smoke emissions due to burning of green waste in the Mediterranean area: Influence of fuel moisture content and fuel mass V. Tihay-Felicelli et al. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.04.002
- Effect of woody debris on the rate of spread of surface fires in forest fuels in a combustion wind tunnel A. Sullivan et al. 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.04.039
- Fire behaviour and smoke modelling: model improvement and measurement needs for next-generation smoke research and forecasting systems Y. Liu et al. 10.1071/WF18204
- A quadcopter unmanned aerial system (UAS)-based methodology for measuring biomass burning emission factors R. Vernooij et al. 10.5194/amt-15-4271-2022
- Emissions of gaseous pollutants from laboratory-based fires of vegetation from five common vegetation types in Western Australia T. Dong et al. 10.1016/j.apr.2020.03.015
- Smoke exposure levels prediction following laboratory combustion of Pinus koraiensis plantation surface fuel J. Ning et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163402
33 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Dynamics of the Decomposition of Gas Molecules Containing Sulfur and Nitrogen from Char-S and Char-N Structures in Combustion and Pyrolysis Reactions M. Yilmaz et al. 10.1080/00102202.2024.2365258
- Stable carbon isotopic composition of biomass burning emissions – implications for estimating the contribution of C<sub>3</sub> and C<sub>4</sub> plants R. Vernooij et al. 10.5194/acp-22-2871-2022
- The Relevance of Pyrogenic Carbon for Carbon Budgets From Fires: Insights From the FIREX Experiment C. Santin et al. 10.1029/2020GB006647
- Methane gas emissions from savanna fires: what analysis of local burning regimes in a working West African landscape tell us P. Laris et al. 10.5194/bg-18-6229-2021
- A transdisciplinary approach to understanding the health effects of wildfire and prescribed fire smoke regimes G. Williamson et al. 10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/125009
- Ground‐Based Field Measurements of PM2.5 Emission Factors From Flaming and Smoldering Combustion in Eucalypt Forests F. Reisen et al. 10.1029/2018JD028488
- Exploring how fire spread mode shapes the composition of pyrogenic carbon from burning forest litter fuels in a combustion wind tunnel N. Surawski et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134306
- An Investigation of Oxygen Availability in Spreading Fires A. Howell et al. 10.1007/s10694-023-01396-6
- Self-sustaining smouldering combustion of waste: A review on applications, key parameters and potential resource recovery H. Wyn et al. 10.1016/j.fuproc.2020.106425
- Dynamic savanna burning emission factors based on satellite data using a machine learning approach R. Vernooij et al. 10.5194/esd-14-1039-2023
- Visual assessments of fuel loads are poorly related to destructively sampled fuel loads in eucalypt forests L. Volkova et al. 10.1071/WF15223
- Intraseasonal variability of greenhouse gas emission factors from biomass burning in the Brazilian Cerrado R. Vernooij et al. 10.5194/bg-18-1375-2021
- Estimates of greenhouse gas and black carbon emissions from a major Australian wildfire with high spatiotemporal resolution N. Surawski et al. 10.1002/2016JD025087
- The Emission Characteristics and Health Risks of Firefighter-Accessed Fire: A Review X. Tian et al. 10.3390/toxics12100739
- Incorrect interpretation of carbon mass balance biases global vegetation fire emission estimates N. Surawski et al. 10.1038/ncomms11536
- Inside the Inferno: Fundamental Processes of Wildland Fire Behaviour A. Sullivan 10.1007/s40725-017-0057-0
- Models meet data: Challenges and opportunities in implementing land management in Earth system models J. Pongratz et al. 10.1111/gcb.13988
- Wildfires: Australia needs national monitoring agency D. Bowman et al. 10.1038/d41586-020-02306-4
- Assessing Carbon Emissions from Biomass Burning in Croplands in Burkina Faso, West Africa P. Bougma et al. 10.3390/fire6100402
- Improving reporting of national greenhouse gas emissions from forest fires for emission reduction benefits: An example from Australia L. Volkova et al. 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.12.023
- Emissions from village cookstoves in Haryana, India, and their potential impacts on air quality L. Fleming et al. 10.5194/acp-18-15169-2018
- Southern Himalayas rainfall as a key driver of interannual variation of pre-monsoon aerosols over the Tibetan Plateau W. Liu et al. 10.1038/s41612-023-00392-5
- Investigation of mercury emissions from burning of Australian eucalypt forest surface fuels using a combustion wind tunnel and field observations D. Howard et al. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.12.015
- Emissions of trace gases from Australian temperate forest fires: emission factors and dependence on modified combustion efficiency E. Guérette et al. 10.5194/acp-18-3717-2018
- Carbon dioxide and particulate emissions from the 2013 Tasmanian firestorm: implications for Australian carbon accounting M. Ndalila et al. 10.1186/s13021-022-00207-9
- Designing a conceptual framework for strategic selection of Bushfire mitigation approaches S. Tayari et al. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118486
- Molecular composition and photochemical lifetimes of brown carbon chromophores in biomass burning organic aerosol L. Fleming et al. 10.5194/acp-20-1105-2020
- Smoke emissions due to burning of green waste in the Mediterranean area: Influence of fuel moisture content and fuel mass V. Tihay-Felicelli et al. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.04.002
- Effect of woody debris on the rate of spread of surface fires in forest fuels in a combustion wind tunnel A. Sullivan et al. 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.04.039
- Fire behaviour and smoke modelling: model improvement and measurement needs for next-generation smoke research and forecasting systems Y. Liu et al. 10.1071/WF18204
- A quadcopter unmanned aerial system (UAS)-based methodology for measuring biomass burning emission factors R. Vernooij et al. 10.5194/amt-15-4271-2022
- Emissions of gaseous pollutants from laboratory-based fires of vegetation from five common vegetation types in Western Australia T. Dong et al. 10.1016/j.apr.2020.03.015
- Smoke exposure levels prediction following laboratory combustion of Pinus koraiensis plantation surface fuel J. Ning et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163402
Saved (final revised paper)
Saved (preprint)
Latest update: 13 Dec 2024
Short summary
By undertaking greenhouse gas emissions measurements (plus CO) in a combustion wind tunnel facility, we show that emissions from fire depend on how they spread relative to the wind. Statistically significant differences include fires spreading with the wind emitting twice as much CO as fires spreading perpendicular to or against the wind, and about 10-17% more carbon dioxide. Our results suggest that judicious use of ignition patterns could mitigate carbon emissions from forest fires.
By undertaking greenhouse gas emissions measurements (plus CO) in a combustion wind tunnel...
Altmetrics
Final-revised paper
Preprint