Extreme fire spread events and area burned under recent and future climate in the western USA

• Published in: Global ecology and biogeography Vol. 31; no. 10; pp. 1949 - 1959
• Main Authors: Coop, Jonathan D., Parks, Sean A., Stevens‐Rumann, Camille S., Ritter, Scott M., Hoffman, Chad M., Varner, J. Morgan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2022
• Subjects: biogeography; climate; Climate change; Climate change mitigation; Climate models; Climate prediction; Climatic data; data collection; ecology; Ecosystem resilience; extreme wildfire event; fire behaviour; fire run; fire season; fire spread; fire suppression; Forest & brush fires; humans; Land management; megafire; meteorological data; Moisture effects; Seasons; statistical analysis; Strategic management; temperature; Vapor pressure; vapor pressure deficit; Western United States; Wildfires; United States > US; Western United States
• ISSN: 1466-822X; 1466-8238
• DOI: 10.1111/geb.13496

Aim Wildfire activity in recent years is notable not only for an expansion of total area burned but also for large, single‐day fire spread events that pose challenges to ecological systems and human communities. Our objectives were to gain new insight into the relationships between extreme single‐da...