COVID-19 lockdown a window of opportunity to understand the role of human activity on forest fire incidences in the Western Himalaya, India

doi:10.18520/cs/v119/i2/390-398

	COVID-19 lockdown a window of opportunity to understand the role of human activity on forest fire incidences in the Western Himalaya, India
	Gupta, Amitesh; Bhatt, C. M.; Roy, Arijit; Chauhan, Prakash
	2020-07
发表期刊	CURRENT SCIENCE
ISSN	0011-3891
摘要	The global COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a complete lockdown of economic activities and movement across the world. This provides an opportunity to evaluate the impact of minimal anthropogenic activities on forest fire occurrences in the Western Himalaya, India. Significant reduction of 83.4% in the cumulative fire incidences during 24 March to 5 May 2020 was observed in this region compared to the average of fire incidences during the corresponding period of 2006-20. Though during the current lockdown period, precipitation was high (similar to 281 mm) compared to the average for the last 15 years (similar to 125 mm), it did not contribute to the build-up of soil moisture. Comparatively higher NDVI (by 30.59%) and EVI (by 12.18%) in the lockdown phase unlike the average of previous years which showed declining trend, indicates that the lockdown provided an opportunity for the canopy to sustain and have higher vigour; this was not visible earlier due to fire incidences. The present study emphasizes that anthropogenic activities play a major role in forest fire incidences in this region.
关键词	Coronavirus-19 forest fire human activity lockdown remote sensing
DOI	10.18520/cs/v119/i2/390-398
WOS关键词	DETECTION ALGORITHM ; UTTARAKHAND ; VEGETATION ; VARIABLES ; CLIMATE ; RISK
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
出版者	INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES
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文献类型	期刊论文
专题	新冠肺炎循证社会科学证据集成
作者单位	Indian Space Res Org
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gupta, Amitesh,Bhatt, C. M.,Roy, Arijit,et al. COVID-19 lockdown a window of opportunity to understand the role of human activity on forest fire incidences in the Western Himalaya, India[J]. CURRENT SCIENCE,2020.
APA	Gupta, Amitesh,Bhatt, C. M.,Roy, Arijit,&Chauhan, Prakash.(2020).COVID-19 lockdown a window of opportunity to understand the role of human activity on forest fire incidences in the Western Himalaya, India.CURRENT SCIENCE.
MLA	Gupta, Amitesh,et al."COVID-19 lockdown a window of opportunity to understand the role of human activity on forest fire incidences in the Western Himalaya, India".CURRENT SCIENCE (2020).