Table 2 Air pollutant removal capacity, and C storage and sequestration (pinyon-juniper stands only) across the untreated Kennedy Meadows landscape and after 9.15 m and 30.48 m defensible space buffers were placed around 176 structures.
From: Predicted Fire Behavior and Societal Benefits in Three Eastern Sierra Nevada Vegetation Types
Treated buffer width | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Untreated | 9.15 m | 30.48 m | |
Pollutant | Capacity (kg yr−1) | Capacity lost (kg yr−1) | Capacity lost (kg yr−1) |
M10 | 422338 | 28 | 323 |
CO | 26 304 | 3 | 28 |
NO2 | 39 477 | 3 | 35 |
O3 | 68 098 | 5 | 57 |
SO2 | 11 349 | 1 | 9 |
Total | 567566 | 40 | 452 |
Carbon | Total C (kg) | C lost (kg) | C lost (kg) |
Stored C | 691 427 819 | 29 135 | 339 025 |
Annual C sequestered | 22 695 368 | 1 015 | 12 005 |