Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2019, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 247-255
A study of aerosol characteristics over the Black Sea by the FIRMS system during forest fires in 2007–2018
D.V. Kalinskaya
1 , D.A. Ryabokon
1 1 Marine Hydrophysical Institute RAS, Sevastopol, Russia
Accepted: 24.07.2019
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2019-16-4-247-255
Statistical analysis of fires data provided by FIRMS system is carried out using MODIS and VIIRS satellite radiometers for the period 2007–2018. On the basis of methods of image processing in the infrared range (4 micron channel), variations of the radiation intensity from fires are investigated from the MODIS and VIIRS data. Processing is carried out for thermally active points located near the Black Sea region on the basis of satellite data for the research period. Fire maps with the highest number of fires from satellite data are presented. The main optical and microphysical characteristics of atmospheric aerosol for the year, months and dates with the highest number of fires for the Black Sea region are analyzed. A complex variability analysis of the main optical characteristics is carried out together with analyses of satellite images and air mass transfer. The dates of maximum impact of burning biomass on the atmosphere resulting from fires recorded on the coast and in the areas close to the Black Sea region are identified. A search of a possible source of transport is carried out for the time of peak number of thermally active points by MODIS and VIIRS in the study period.
Keywords: EOSDIS, MODIS, VIIRS, AERONET, 7-day back trajectories, Black Sea
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