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GloCAB: global cropland burned area from mid-2002 to 2020
Joanne V. Hall
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Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Fernanda Argueta
Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Maria Zubkova
Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Yang Chen
Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
James T. Randerson
Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Louis Giglio
Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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Crop-residue burning is a widespread practice often occurring close to population centers. Its recurrent nature requires accurate mapping of the area burned – a key input into air quality models. Unlike larger fires, crop fires require a specific burned area (BA) methodology, which to date has been ignored in global BA datasets. Our global cropland-focused BA product found a significant increase in global cropland BA (81 Mha annual average) compared to the widely used MCD64A1 (32 Mha).
Crop-residue burning is a widespread practice often occurring close to population centers. Its...
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