Predicting above normal wildfire activity in southern Europe as a function of meteorological drought

Wildfires are a recurrent feature of ecosystems in southern Europe, regularly causing large ecological and socio-economic damages. For efficient management of this hazard, long lead time forecasts could be valuable tools. Using logistic regression, we show that the probability of above normal summer...

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Main Authors: L Gudmundsson, F C Rego, M Rocha, S I Seneviratne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2014-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/8/084008