Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-787-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-787-2021
Technical note
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04 Feb 2021
Technical note |  | 04 Feb 2021

Technical note: Low meteorological influence found in 2019 Amazonia fires

Douglas I. Kelley, Chantelle Burton, Chris Huntingford, Megan A. J. Brown, Rhys Whitley, and Ning Dong

Data sets

ConFire Model input/output for South America Douglas I. Kelley, Rhys Whitley, Chantelle Burton, Megan A. J. Brown, Chris Huntingford, and Ning Dong https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4298902

Model code and software

Scripts used in the submission of "Low Climatic Influence found in 2019 Amazonia Fires" Douglas I. Kelley, Rhys Whitley, Megan A. J. Brown, and Chantelle Burton https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4298760

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Short summary
Initial evidence suggests human ignitions or landscape changes caused most Amazon fires during August 2019. However, confirmation is needed that meteorological conditions did not have a substantial role. Assessing the influence of historical weather on burning in an uncertainty framework, we find that 2019 meteorological conditions alone should have resulted in much less fire than observed. We conclude socio-economic factors likely had a strong role in the high recorded 2019 fire activity.
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