Climate Effect on Wildfire Burned Area in Alberta (1961-2010)
| Autor: | Hung-I Lee, Sai-Ping Li, Shih-Luen Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Empirical data
General Physics and Astronomy FOS: Physical sciences Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Atmospheric sciences Nonlinear Sciences - Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems Computer Science Applications Physics - Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Computational Theory and Mathematics Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph) Environmental science Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO) Mathematical Physics Lattice model (physics) |
| DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.1909.11934 |
| Popis: | The spread and burned areas of wildfires in Alberta, Canada during a 50 year period, from 1961 through 2010 are studied here. Meteorological factors that control the spread and burn area have been discussed for a long time. In this paper, we analyze the temperature rise that could drastically enhance the spread and average burned area of wildfires. A simple lattice model that mimics meteorological factors is also introduced to simulate the temperature effect on the spread and burned areas of wildfires. The numerical results demonstrate the temperature effects on wildfires when compared to the empirical data. Comment: The manuscript has been published in International Journal of Modern Physics C |
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