Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Skilful forecasting of global fire activity using seasonal climate predictions

  • Marco Turco,
  • Sonia Jerez,
  • Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes,
  • Amir AghaKouchak,
  • Maria Carmen Llasat,
  • Antonello Provenzale

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05250-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Societal exposure to large fires has been increasing in recent years and fire forecasting is required for fire management strategies. Here the authors use seasonal climate models to provide skilful predictions of global fire activity.