Anomalous Wildfires in Siberia in Summer 2019

The results of satellite wildfire monitoring and estimates for the amounts of emissions of harmful gases and fine aerosols in Siberia from 2001 to 2019 are presented. The features of space monitoring used to assess the burned-out areas and the amounts of wildfire emissions are described. The analysis of satellite data processing has allowed us to reveal that the total burned-out areas and the amounts of emissions of harmful gases and fine aerosols in Siberia were abnormally high in 2019. In 2019, 72.4 thousand km2 of Siberia was affected by wildfires, which constituted 42% of the area of wildfires that occurred this year throughout Russia. In 2019, the Irkutsk oblast suffered the most from wildfires in July (11.14 thousand km2) and August (7.24 thousand km2).