Extreme fire spread events and area burned under recent and future climate in the western USA

Jonathan D. Coop; Sean A. Parks; Camille S. Stevens-Rumann; Scott Ritter; Chad M. Hoffman

doi:10.1111/geb.13496

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Extreme fire spread events and area burned under recent and future climate in the western USA

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Authors:

Jonathan D. Coop, Sean A. Parks, Camille S. Stevens-Rumann, Scott Ritter, Chad M. Hoffman

Year:

2022

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13496

Source:

Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31: 1949-1959.

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Abstract

Wildfire activity in recent years is notable not only for an expansion of total area burned but also for large, single-day fire spread events that pose challenges to ecological systems and human communities. Our objectives were to gain new insight into the relationships between extreme single-day fire spread events, annual area burned, and fire season climate and to predict changes under future warming.

Keywords

climate change, extreme wildfire event, fire behaviour, fire run, fire suppression, megafire

Citation

Coop, Jonathan D.; Parks, Sean A.; Stevens-Rumann, Camille S.; Ritter, Scott M.; Hoffman, Chad M. 2022. Extreme fire spread events and area burned under recent and future climate in the western USA. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31: 1949-1959.