This article presents a general information and cartographic web GIS resource «Forest Fires – MPI SB RAS (Yakutia)» on forest fires based on various information sources (MODIS and VIIRS spectroradiometers, Global Wildfire Information System, remote sensing information system (ISDM) – Rosleskhoz, landscape fires of Eastern Europe)), as well as our own cartographic material created based on ISDM-Rosleskhoz data.
Web GIS resource is located at the open access web address https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1fcfc0bae55e4c999a86b9057a383568, intended for operational and archival monitoring (indicating the burnt area – Hectares and temperature anomalies on the Earth’s surface – thermal spots) of forest fire activity at the global level with an emphasis on the territory of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) with the possibility of filling. The dynamics of forest fires in Yakutia for the period 2001-2024 is presented according to the data of the MODIS/Terra, Aqua spectroradiometer and «Yakutsk Aviation Forest Protection Base». Web GIS resource for forest fires is aimed at specialists in a wide range of fields: forestry, nature management, geoecology, permafrost science, etc., scientists, postgraduates, students.

Mikhail S. Vasiliev
Candidate of Geographical Siencies, Senior Researcher
Laboratories of Cryogenic landscape
Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (MPI SB RAS)
36, Merzlotnaya Str., Yakutsk, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),
677010, Russia
e-mail: vms_1984@mail.ru
ORCID: 0000-0002-0542-9813
ResearcherID: AAY-5159-2020
Scopus Author ID: 56513537700
SPIN-code: 3954-6428
AuthorID: 176125

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