Risk of large-scale fires in boreal forests of Finland under changing climate

The target of this work was to assess the impact of projected climate change on forest-fire activity in Finland with special emphasis on large-scale fires. In addition, we were particularly interested to examine the inter-model variability of the projected change of fire danger. For this purpose, we...

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Main Authors: I. Lehtonen, A. Venäläinen, M. Kämäräinen, H. Peltola, H. Gregow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/16/239/2016/nhess-16-239-2016.pdf