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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3861-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-3861-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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29 Jun 2021
Research article |
| 29 Jun 2021
| 29 Jun 2021
The importance of antecedent vegetation and drought conditions as global drivers of burnt area
Alexander Kuhn-Régnier
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment, and Society, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
Apostolos Voulgarakis
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment, and Society, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
School of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Kounoupidiana,
Akrotiri, 73100 Chania, Greece
Peer Nowack
Department of Physics, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
Grantham Institute and the Data Science Institute, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
Matthias Forkel
Environmental Remote Sensing Group, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
I. Colin Prentice
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment, and Society, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
Sandy P. Harrison
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment, and Society, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AB, UK
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Short summary
Along with current climate, vegetation, and human influences, long-term accumulation of biomass affects fires. Here, we find that including the influence of antecedent vegetation and moisture improves our ability to predict global burnt area. Additionally, the length of the preceding period which needs to be considered for accurate predictions varies across regions.
Along with current climate, vegetation, and human influences, long-term accumulation of biomass...
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