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A new map of wetlands in the southern taiga of the West Siberia for assessing the emission of methane and carbon dioxide

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A typological map of wetlands in the southern taiga of West Siberia has been compiled based on high-resolution Landsat images. In accordance with the new map, the area of southern-taiga wetlands is estimated at 12.02 Mha at the total wetland area percentage in the subzone estimated at 28%. The final accuracy of determination of various wetland classes is 80%. The use of the new map improved the estimates of methane emissions from southern-taiga wetlands from 0.84 to 1.57 MtCH4/year, i.e., by 87%. The respiration of wetland ecosystems in the southern taiga of the West Siberia is estimated at 67 MtCO2/year.

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  1. Tomsk State University, Tomsk, 634050, Russia

    I. E. Terent’eva, A. F. Sabrekov & M. V. Glagolev

  2. Yugorskii State University, Khanty-Mansiisk, 628012, Russia

    A. F. Sabrekov, M. V. Glagolev & E. D. Lapshina

  3. Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    M. V. Glagolev

  4. Institute of Forest Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Uspenskoe Settl., 143030, Moscow oblast, Russia

    M. V. Glagolev

  5. Institute of Soils Science and Agrochemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630099, Russia

    B. A. Smolentsev

  6. National Institute of Environmental Research, Onogava, 305-8506, Japan

    Sh. Sh. Maksyutov

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Original Russian Text © I.E. Terent’eva, A.F. Sabrekov, M.V. Glagolev, E.D. Lapshina, B.A. Smolentsev, Sh.Sh. Maksyutov, 2017, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2017, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 209–220.

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Terent’eva, I.E., Sabrekov, A.F., Glagolev, M.V. et al. A new map of wetlands in the southern taiga of the West Siberia for assessing the emission of methane and carbon dioxide. Water Resour 44, 297–307 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807817020154

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