A Synoptic Climatology for Forest-Fires in the NE US and Future Implications From GCM Simulations
dc.contributor.author | Takle, Eugene | |
dc.contributor.author | Bramer, Daniel | |
dc.contributor.author | Heilman, Warren | |
dc.contributor.author | Thompson,, Metinka | |
dc.contributor.author | Takle, Eugene | |
dc.contributor.department | Aerospace Engineering | |
dc.contributor.department | Ames National Laboratory | |
dc.contributor.department | Agronomy | |
dc.contributor.department | Geological and Atmospheric Sciences | |
dc.date | 2018-02-18T15:38:34.000 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-30T04:03:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-30T04:03:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1994 | |
dc.description.abstract | <p>We studied surface-pressure patterns corresponding to reduced precipitation, high evaporation potential, and enhanced forest-fire danger for West Virginia, which experienced extensive forest-fire damage in November 1987. From five years of daily weather maps we identified eight weather patterns that describe distinctive flow situations throughout the year. Map patterns labeled extended-high, back-of-high, and pre-high were the most frequently occurring patterns that accompany forest fires in West Virginia and the nearby four-stare region. Of these, back-of-high accounted for a disproportionately large amount of fire-related damage. Examination of evaporation acid precipitation data showed that these three patterns and high-to-the-south patterns ail led to drying conditions and all other patterns led to moistening conditions. Surface-pressure fields generated by the Canadian Climate Centre global circulation model for simulations of the present (1xCO2) climate and 2xCO2 climate were studied to determine whether forest-fire potential would change under increased atmospheric CO2. The analysis showed a tendency for increased frequency of drying in the NE US, but the results were not statistically significant.</p> | |
dc.description.comments | <p>This article is published as Takle, Eugene S., Daniel J. Bramer, Warren E. Heilman, and Metinka R. Thompson. "A synoptic climatology for forest-fires in the NE US and future implications from GCM simulations." <em>International Journal of Wildland Fire</em> 4, no. 4 (1994): 217-224. DOI:<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF9940217" target="_blank">10.1071/WF9940217</a>. Posted with permission.</p> | |
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dc.identifier.articleid | 1195 | |
dc.identifier.contextkey | 10442091 | |
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dc.identifier.uri | https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/38132 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
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dc.source.uri | 10.1071/WF9940217 | |
dc.subject.disciplines | Atmospheric Sciences | |
dc.subject.disciplines | Climate | |
dc.subject.disciplines | Environmental Monitoring | |
dc.title | A Synoptic Climatology for Forest-Fires in the NE US and Future Implications From GCM Simulations | |
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