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Contemporary Problems of Ecology

2011 year, number 5

Distributed GIS for Estimation of Soil Carbon Stock of West Siberia Boreal Zone

S. Y. Kudryashova, K. S. Baikov, A. A. Titlyanova, L. Y. Dits, N. P. Kosykh, I. D. Makhatkov, S. V. Shibareva
Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry SB RAS
sya@issa.nsc.ru
Keywords: carbon resources, soil, boreal zone, West Siberia
Pages: 641-655

Abstract

Distributed GIS developed to assess the soil carbon resources includes digital maps «Vegetation» and «Soil» of the boreal zone of West Siberia, middle-scale soil maps of the key sites of landscape provinces that have been created on the basis of interpretation of satellite images, and the software for updating and management of the database Carbon in soils of Siberia. According to preliminary estimates, the resources of Сorg in the soil of the boreal zone is 83,6 . 108 t, which is 28,2 % of the resources of Сorg in the soils of Russia, or 15,2 % of its world reserves.