Carbon fluxes in ecosystems of Yellowstone National Park predicted from remote sensing data and simulation modeling

Table 2 CASA annual net ecosystem production (NEP) for the Yellowstone study area by (a) vegetation classes and (b) 1988 burned areas.

Class Name	Area (m²)	Minimum	Maximum	Mean	Standard Deviation
a. NLCD Vegetation
Barren	5.33E+07	-188.5	191.4	22.6	36.7
Evergreen Forest	6.25E+09	-162.3	148.5	46.7	45.3
Shrubland	5.90E+09	-195.8	158.4	-21.9	40.7
Mixed Forest	6.25E+04	-77.0	92.5	5.3	20.7
Cultivation	1.33E+07	-158.6	112.8	-3.5	40.5
Wooded Grassland	9.03E+07	40.6	77.8	56.9	15.5
Deciduous Forest	1.88E+05	-163.2	217.6	4.9	41.8
TOTAL Land	1.42E+10			14.0
b. FIRE Area 1988
North Fork	2.14E+09	-162.1	164.1	-7.8	46.9
Clover-Mist	1.17E+09	-162.8	140.3	-12.4	40.0
Storm Creek	5.09E+08	-124.1	149.4	-1.0	37.5
Snake	4.68E+08	-144.9	179.3	-10.1	46.1
Mink	4.23E+08	-161.3	158.4	-2.7	43.9
Hellroaring	4.13E+08	-147.2	160.2	3.7	41.8
Huck	2.33E+08	-135.7	165.2	-6.8	43.2
Red-Shoshone	1.39E+08	-124.2	167.1	8.9	46.2
Clover	1.28E+08	-142.6	93.5	-13.6	36.4
Shoshone	1.28E+08	-162.3	128.5	-9.8	36.0
Fan	1.11E+08	-151.7	117.7	-5.6	47.1
Red	9.89E+07	-137.3	114.7	-11.5	48.5
Falls	6.60E+07	-134.2	108.4	-21.1	41.9
Mist	1.94E+07	-163.2	95.6	-16.7	40.6
Emerald	5.38E+06	-86.0	70.0	-16.9	40.8
Stormcreek	2.31E+06	-79.6	65.4	-17.4	35.0
TOTAL Burned Land	6.05E+09			-7.1

All NEP estimates are in units of g C m² yr^-1, with negative values representing net source fluxes of CO₂ to the atmosphere and positive values representing net sink fluxes of CO₂ from the atmosphere. Fires are sorted by total area burned.

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