Avialesookhrana
from the National Forest Fire Centre of Russia provides up-to-date NOAA images
for the whole of the Russian Federation and neighbour territories. The Space Monitoring Information Support
Laboratory provides extensive links to sites with satellite imagery for the Russian
Federation, meteorological information as well as fire related images are accessible.
The NOAA AVHRR satellite image composite of 6 June 2001 shows fire activities in the
Russian Federation.
NOAA 12 & 14 AVHRR composite of 6 June 2001, 02:01 GMT.
The red squares indicate regions of active fires. For details the GFMC readers are
encouraged to
use the hyperlinks provided by Avialesookhrana, the Aerial Forest Fire Protection Service
of the
Federal Forest service of Russia. (Source: Avialesookhrana cloudiness maps)
According to the situation report of the Ministry of Natural Resources
of 31 May 2001 a total of 285 fires affected 5 219 ha forested and 454 ha
non-forested areas. Highest fire activities on 31 May occurred in Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk,
Khakasyia, Tuva and Altay regions. There were 18 large fires in Irkutsk region (the
largest was 1000 ha), 7 large fires in Krasnoyarsk (the largest is 1200 ha), and three
large fires in Khakasjia.
As of 3 June 2001 a total of 9 193 fires since the beginning of the fire season have
affected 370 481 ha forested (this area includes the total 40 748 ha affected by
crown fires) and 177 764 ha non-forested lands. (SOURCE: Aerial Forest Fire Protection Service Avialesookhrana )
Daily Fire Occurrence and Fire Danger Maps of the Fire Laboratory
of the Sukachev Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk
Selected fire occurrence maps, satellite images and a forest fire danger map are prepared
daily by the Russian GFMC correspondent Dr. Anatoly Sukhinin, Fire Laboratory of the
Sukachev Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk, in collaboration with the
Emergency Situation Monitoring and Forecasting Agency, Krasnoyarsk branch. The maps
are produced on the base of satellite data (classification by the NOAA AVHRR). They show
the fire locations (by latitude and longitude) and the area affected by fire (red
signature, size in ha). The red arrow at each fire location points to the nearest
populated place. The terms Oblast or Krai used in the maps are
designations of administrative regions. Updated fire danger maps are provided about two to
three times per week.
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Coverage map showing regional boundaries |
5 June 2001:
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| Republic of Yakutia | Republic of Yakutia | Tuva Republic |
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| Republic of Gorni Altai | Krasnoyarski Krai | Kemerovskaia Oblast |
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| Irkutskaia Oblast | Irkutskaia Oblast | Irkutskaia Oblast |
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| Irkutskaia Oblast | Irkutskaia Oblast | Irkutskaia Oblast |
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| Irkutskaia Oblast | Irkutskaia Oblast | Evenkiski Autonomous Region |
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| Evenkiski Autonomous Region | Buryatia Republic | Buryatia Republic |
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| Altaiski Krai |
The following satellite image from MODIS Web is showing both the wildfires and the heavy snow coverage in the Angara Region:
Fires in the Angara Region on 28 May 2001 depicted by MODIS.
(Source: MODIS / NASA)
For more background information on the Russian Federation see: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
For more details on fire in the Russian Federation, Mongolia and China: See IFFN Country Notes. Scientific details on fire in the Russian Federation are provided by the Fire Research Campaign Asia-North (FIRESCAN) report.
Bibliography on fire in ecosystems of boreal Eurasia:
One of the results of the first international fire science conference in the
Russian Federation (1993) was the publication of a monograph on fire in boreal Eurasia,
including some selected contributions on boreal North America. The literature cited in the
monograph contains numerous publications which in many cases are not easily accessible. To
facilitate literature search the bibliographical sources are provided by topic (chapter).
Goldammer, J.G. and V.V.Furyaev. 1996. Fire
in Ecosystems of Boreal Eurasia. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 390 p.