A new map of wetlands in the southern taiga of the West Siberia for assessing the emission of methane and carbon dioxide

A typological map of wetlands in the southern taiga of West Siberia has been compiled based on high-resolution Landsat images. In accordance with the new map, the area of southern-taiga wetlands is estimated at 12.02 Mha at the total wetland area percentage in the subzone estimated at 28%. The final...

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Published in:Water resources 2017-03, Vol.44 (2), p.297-307
Main Authors: Terent’eva, I. E., Sabrekov, A. F., Glagolev, M. V., Lapshina, E. D., Smolentsev, B. A., Maksyutov, Sh. Sh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquatic ecosystems
Aquatic Pollution
Biogeochemistry
Carbon dioxide
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Emissions
Hydrogeology
Hydrology/Water Resources
Landsat
Methane
Remote sensing
Taiga & tundra
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
Water Quality and Protection: Environmental Aspects
Wetlands
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Summary:A typological map of wetlands in the southern taiga of West Siberia has been compiled based on high-resolution Landsat images. In accordance with the new map, the area of southern-taiga wetlands is estimated at 12.02 Mha at the total wetland area percentage in the subzone estimated at 28%. The final accuracy of determination of various wetland classes is 80%. The use of the new map improved the estimates of methane emissions from southern-taiga wetlands from 0.84 to 1.57 MtCH 4 /year, i.e., by 87%. The respiration of wetland ecosystems in the southern taiga of the West Siberia is estimated at 67 MtCO 2 /year.
ISSN:0097-8078
1608-344X
DOI:10.1134/S0097807817020154