Influence of Climatic Conditions on Western Siberian Forest Fires

Autor: George Georgievich Zhuravlev, Olga Vladimirovna Nosyreva, Irina V. Kuzhevskaia, Marina A. Volkova, Valentina P. Gorbatenko
Rok vydání: 2020
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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1867-0.ch012
Popis: Current climate changes in Russia are attended by the increase in frequency of dangerous weather events. This chapter researches long-term variations of the dangerous weather's events on Western Siberia and to reveal general regularity, which can be associated with forest fires. The researches have been carried out for the territories of southeast of Western Siberia. The duration of the fire season increases due to climate change. This is due both to the earlier snowfall and the onset of the phenological spring, and to the increase in the duration of the thunderstorm period. Thunderstorms in Siberia are a much more frequent cause of forest fires (28%) than in other territories. Wildfire frequency is correlated with air temperature and drought anomalies.
Databáze: OpenAIRE