Climate change presents increased potential for very large fires in the contiguous United States

Barbero, Renaud; T. Abatzoglou, John; K. Larkin, Narasimhan; A. Kolden, Crystal; J. Stocks, B.

doi:10.1071/wf15083

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Climate change presents increased potential for very large fires in the contiguous United States

Published in International Journal of Wildland Fire • Jul 15, 2015

Authors:

Renaud Barbero

John T. Abatzoglou

Narasimhan K. Larkin

Abstract

Very large fires (VLFs) have important implications for communities, ecosystems, air quality and fire suppression expenditures. VLFs over the contiguous US have been strongly linked with meteorological and climatological variability. Building on prior modelling of VLFs (>5000 ha), an ensemble of 17 ...

Subject

Climate change

Environmental science

Climatology

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