Analysis of Forest Fire Statistics and Their Impact on Ukraine's Climate Based on Satellite Imagery Data Processing in the Global Information System GWIS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36023/ujrs.2025.12.1.279Keywords:
Gwis Global Information System, Surrent Statistic Portal module, Suntry Profile module, forest fires, emission CO2Abstract
As a result of the analysis of the statistical processing results carried out in this article using the Global Information System GWIS programs, it was found that for the period 2002-2023, the highest percentage of forest fires in Ukraine was observed in the Kirovograd (6.4%), Dnipropet-rovsk (5.4%) and Donetsk (5.1%) regions. In the Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Odessa and Poltava regions, the percentage of the area of fires was about 4%. In the Ternopil and Vinnytsia regions, the percentage of forest fires was no more than 0.04%, and in the Zakarpattia, Volyn, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernihiv regions it was less than 0.01%.
For the period from 2012 to 2024, the largest areas of forest fires (about 2 million hectares per year) were observed in 2014 and 2015. In 2014, the number of forest fires was 10 thousand, and in 2015 - about 9300. From 2017 (2 million 600 thousand hectares) to 2024 (800 thousand hectares), there was a gradual decrease in the area and number of forest fires together and with fluctuations, from 10 thousand in 2014 to about 3 thousand in 2024. In 2024, there was a fluctuation in the volume of CO2 emissions with maximums of 0.2 megatons in March and April, and from late August to mid-September there was a sharp increase in CO2 emissions to 0.7 megatons. The total weekly volume of CO2 emissions for the period from 2003 to 2023 was about 6 megatons, and in 2024 it increased to 8 megatons.
Funding: This research was conducted in the course of research work "Clarification of the impact of climatic changes on the environment and socio-economic state of sustainable development in Ukraine and the development of recommendations for minimizing the negative consequences of this influence on the basis of materials of aerospace filming and polygonal studies". No State Registration 0121U100410.
Acknowledgments: The author is grateful to the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for the support of this study. The author is grateful to the reviewers and editors for their valuable comments, recommendations and attention to work.
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