A carbon balance model for the great dismal swamp ecosystem

Table 8 Comparison of fire emission estimates between LUCAS

Results comparison	South one fire (2008)		Lateral west fire (2011)			Cumulative
Results comparison	Hawbaker et al. [23]	LUCAS Historic	Hawbaker et al. [23]	Reddy et al. [63]	LUCAS Historic	Hawbaker et al. [23]	LUCAS Historic
Below-ground carbon loss (Tg)	0.38	0.42	1.09	N/A	0.95	1.47	1.38
Above-ground carbon loss (Tg)	0.22	0.23	0.14	N/A	0.09	0.36	0.31
Deadwood removal Carbon loss from Management (Tg)	N/A	0.01	N/A	N/A	0.00	N/A	0.01
Total carbon loss (Tg)	0.60	0.66	1.23	1.10	1.04	1.83	1.70
Soil elevation loss (m)	0.17	0.20^a	0.46	0.47	0.50^a	0.63	0.70^a

The latter two studies used lidar-derived elevation loss estimates pre and post fire, coupled with soil carbon characteristics to calculate carbon loss. The LUCAS model arrived at comparable results by simulating carbon gain-loss estimates between 8 pools and 14 fluxes on an annual time-step
^aFor the LUCAS model results, soil elevation loss is calculated by the soil carbon equivalent

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