Climate teleconnections modulate global burned area.
Adrián Cardil, Marcos Rodrigues, Mario Tapia, Renaud Barbero, Joaquin Ramírez, Cathelijne R Stoof, Carlos Alberto Silva, Midhun Mohan, Sergio de-Miguel
Author Information
Adrián Cardil: Joint Research Unit CTFC-AGROTECNIO-CERCA, Solsona, Spain. acardil@tecnosylva.com. ORCID
Marcos Rodrigues: Department of Geography and Land Management, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
Mario Tapia: Technosylva Inc, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Renaud Barbero: INRAE, RECOVER, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, 13182, France.
Joaquin Ramírez: Technosylva Inc, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Cathelijne R Stoof: Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, PO box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. ORCID
Carlos Alberto Silva: Forest Biometrics and Remote Sensing Laboratory (Silva Lab), School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, University of Florida, PO Box 110410, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA. ORCID
Midhun Mohan: Department of Geography, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94709, USA.
Sergio de-Miguel: Joint Research Unit CTFC-AGROTECNIO-CERCA, Solsona, Spain. sergio.demiguel@udl.cat. ORCID
Climate teleconnections (CT) remotely influence weather conditions in many regions on Earth, entailing changes in primary drivers of fire activity such as vegetation biomass accumulation and moisture. We reveal significant relationships between the main global CTs and burned area that vary across and within continents and biomes according to both synchronous and lagged signals, and marked regional patterns. Overall, CTs modulate 52.9% of global burned area, the Tropical North Atlantic mode being the most relevant CT. Here, we summarized the CT-fire relationships into a set of six global CT domains that are discussed by continent, considering the underlying mechanisms relating weather patterns and vegetation types with burned area across the different world's biomes. Our findings highlight the regional CT-fire relationships worldwide, aiming to further support fire management and policy-making.
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