Skilful forecasting of global fire activity using seasonal climate predictions
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Data publicació2018-07-13
EditorNature Publishing Group
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Reconeixement-NoComercial-SenseObraDerivada 4.0 Espanya
ProjecteECOPOTENTIAL - ECOPOTENTIAL: IMPROVING FUTURE ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS THROUGH EARTH OBSERVATIONS (EC-H2020-641762)
IMPREX - IMproving PRedictions and management of hydrological EXtremes (EC-H2020-641811)
EUCP - European Climate Prediction system (EC-H2020-776613)
IJCI-2015-26953 (MINECO-IJCI-2015-26953)
IMPREX - IMproving PRedictions and management of hydrological EXtremes (EC-H2020-641811)
EUCP - European Climate Prediction system (EC-H2020-776613)
IJCI-2015-26953 (MINECO-IJCI-2015-26953)
Abstract
Societal exposure to large fires has been increasing in recent years. Estimating the expected fire activity a few months in advance would allow reducing environmental and socio-economic impacts through short-term adaptation and response to climate variability and change. However, seasonal prediction of climate-driven fires is still in its infancy. Here, we discuss a strategy for seasonally forecasting burned area anomalies linking seasonal climate predictions with parsimonious empirical climate–fire models using the standardized precipitation index as the climate predictor for burned area. Assuming near-perfect climate predictions, we obtained skilful predictions of fire activity over a substantial portion of the global burnable area (~60%). Using currently available operational seasonal climate predictions, the skill of fire seasonal forecasts remains high and significant in a large fraction of the burnable area (~40%). These findings reveal an untapped and useful burned area predictive ability using seasonal climate forecasts, which can play a crucial role in fire management strategies and minimise the impact of adverse climate conditions.
CitacióTurco, M. [et al.]. Skilful forecasting of global fire activity using seasonal climate predictions. "Nature Communications", 13 Juliol 2018, vol. 9.
ISSN2041-1723
Versió de l'editorhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05250-0
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