The sensitivity of US wildfire occurrence to pre-season soil moisture conditions across ecosystems

It is generally accepted that year-to-year variability in moisture conditions and drought are linked with increased wildfire occurrence. However, quantifying the sensitivity of wildfire to surface moisture state at seasonal lead-times has been challenging due to the absence of a long soil moisture r...

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Main Authors: Daniel Jensen, John T Reager, Brittany Zajic, Nick Rousseau, Matthew Rodell, Everett Hinkley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa9853