Asymmetrical Lightning Fire Season Expansion in the Boreal Forest of Northeast China

• Published in: Forests Vol. 12; no. 8; p. 1023
• Main Authors: Gao, Cong, An, Ran, Wang, Wenqian, Shi, Chunming, Wang, Mingyu, Liu, Kezhen, Wu, Xiaoxu, Wu, Guocan, Shu, Lifu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: asymmetrical expansion; Asymmetry; boreal forest; Boreal forests; Climate change; Datasets; Drought; Evapotranspiration; Expansion; fire season; Fires; Forest & brush fires; Forest fires; Lightning; lightning fire; Precipitation; Seasonal variations; Seasons; Snow; Snow accumulation; Snowmelt; Soil moisture; Taiga; Temperature; Trends; China

All-season warming is assumed to advance snowmelt and delay snow accumulation; additionally, coupled with warming-induced drought stress, all-season warming could extend both the beginning and the end of the fire season. Using fire data updated for 1968–2018, we found an asymmetrical expansion of th...