It looks like these terms and definitions follow the style that's
used for sea ice and land ice terms, which is great - a good analogy.
One quick question: is there some term needed for burned areas
that will describe how burned an area is, or is it really a burned/not
burned observation?
Nan
On 7/12/11 7:20 AM, Tansey, Kevin J. (Dr.) wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> The fire disturbance ECV project will be quantifying burned area at a range of scales. There are standards for emissions, but nothing on area.
>
> I would like to request new standard names, burned_area and burned_area_fraction. Burned seems to be more popular with American English, as opposed to Burnt (I have looked at a few web sites).
>
> burned_area
> "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell.
> The units would be m2
>
> burned_area_fraction
> "X_area_fraction" means the fraction of horizontal area occupied by X. "X_area" means the horizontal area occupied by X within the grid cell. Burned area fraction is area of the land surface occupied by burn scars.
> The units would be 1
>
> If the word burned did not work, we could always add the word vegetation to make it more clear.
>
> I would be happy to take your views and comments on this.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Kevin Tansey
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