Climate Effect on Wildfire Burned Area in Alberta (1961-2010)
Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
2019-09-27 v1 Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Abstract
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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1909.11934,
title = {Climate Effect on Wildfire Burned Area in Alberta (1961-2010)},
author = {Hung-I Lee and Shih-Luen Wang and Sai-Ping Li},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.11934},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
The manuscript has been published in International Journal of Modern Physics C