Catastrophic Forest Fires in Caramulo Mountains

• Chapter IV: Consequences of Caramulo Fires
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• Introduction
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• Signature on the vegetation
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• Carbon emissions to the atmosphere

Introduction

As mentioned in the introduction the Caramulo fires had severe ecological, social and economic consequences and many of them will be felt for several decades. However, some of the short term consequences of forest fires have signatures in the vegetation and in the carbon release to the atmosphere which can be monitored by satellites.