Heightened fire probability in Indonesia in non-drought conditions: the effect of increasing temperatures
In Indonesia, drought driven fires occur typically during the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation. This was the case of the events of 1997 and 2015 that resulted in months-long hazardous atmospheric pollution levels in Equatorial Asia and record greenhouse gas emissions. Nonetheless, anom...
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| author | Fernandes, Kátia Verchot, Louis V. Baethgen, Walter E. Gutiérrez Vélez, Victor Hugo Pinedo Vasquez, Miguel Martius, Christopher |
| author_browse | Baethgen, Walter E. Fernandes, Kátia Gutiérrez Vélez, Victor Hugo Martius, Christopher Pinedo Vasquez, Miguel Verchot, Louis V. |
| author_facet | Fernandes, Kátia Verchot, Louis V. Baethgen, Walter E. Gutiérrez Vélez, Victor Hugo Pinedo Vasquez, Miguel Martius, Christopher |
| author_sort | Fernandes, Kátia |
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| description | In Indonesia, drought driven fires occur typically during the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation. This was the case of the events of 1997 and 2015 that resulted in months-long hazardous atmospheric pollution levels in Equatorial Asia and record greenhouse gas emissions.
Nonetheless, anomalously active fire seasons have also been observed in non-drought years. In this work, we investigated the impact of temperature on fires and found that when the July-October (JASO) period is anomalously dry, the sensitivity of fires to temperature is modest. In contrast, under normal-to-wet conditions, fire probability increases sharply when JASO is anomalously warm. This describes a regime in which an active fire season is not limited to drought years. Greater susceptibility to fires in response to a warmer environment finds support in the high evapotranspiration rates observed in normal-to-wet and warm conditions in Indonesia. We also find that fire probability in wet JASOs would be considerably less sensitive to temperature were not for the added effect of recent positive trends. Near-term regional climate projections reveal that, despite negligible changes in precipitation, a continuing warming trend will heighten fire probability over the next few decades especially in non-drought years. Mild fire seasons currently observed in association with wet conditions and cool temperatures will become rare events in Indonesia. |
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| spelling | CGSpace811402025-03-13T09:46:01Z Heightened fire probability in Indonesia in non-drought conditions: the effect of increasing temperatures Fernandes, Kátia Verchot, Louis V. Baethgen, Walter E. Gutiérrez Vélez, Victor Hugo Pinedo Vasquez, Miguel Martius, Christopher tropical forests bosque tropical drought sequía precipitation indonesian evapotranspiration evopotranspiración In Indonesia, drought driven fires occur typically during the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation. This was the case of the events of 1997 and 2015 that resulted in months-long hazardous atmospheric pollution levels in Equatorial Asia and record greenhouse gas emissions. Nonetheless, anomalously active fire seasons have also been observed in non-drought years. In this work, we investigated the impact of temperature on fires and found that when the July-October (JASO) period is anomalously dry, the sensitivity of fires to temperature is modest. In contrast, under normal-to-wet conditions, fire probability increases sharply when JASO is anomalously warm. This describes a regime in which an active fire season is not limited to drought years. Greater susceptibility to fires in response to a warmer environment finds support in the high evapotranspiration rates observed in normal-to-wet and warm conditions in Indonesia. We also find that fire probability in wet JASOs would be considerably less sensitive to temperature were not for the added effect of recent positive trends. Near-term regional climate projections reveal that, despite negligible changes in precipitation, a continuing warming trend will heighten fire probability over the next few decades especially in non-drought years. Mild fire seasons currently observed in association with wet conditions and cool temperatures will become rare events in Indonesia. 2017-05-01 2017-05-19T19:00:45Z 2017-05-19T19:00:45Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81140 en Open Access IOP Publishing Fernandes, Kátia; Verchot, Louis; Baethgen, Walter; Gutierrez-Velez, Victor; Pinedo-Vasquez, Miguel; Martius, Christopher. 2017. Heightened fire probability in Indonesia in non-drought conditions: the effect of increasing temperatures. Environmental Research Letters . 12: 054002. |
| spellingShingle | tropical forests bosque tropical drought sequía precipitation indonesian evapotranspiration evopotranspiración Fernandes, Kátia Verchot, Louis V. Baethgen, Walter E. Gutiérrez Vélez, Victor Hugo Pinedo Vasquez, Miguel Martius, Christopher Heightened fire probability in Indonesia in non-drought conditions: the effect of increasing temperatures |
| title | Heightened fire probability in Indonesia in non-drought conditions: the effect of increasing temperatures |
| title_full | Heightened fire probability in Indonesia in non-drought conditions: the effect of increasing temperatures |
| title_fullStr | Heightened fire probability in Indonesia in non-drought conditions: the effect of increasing temperatures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heightened fire probability in Indonesia in non-drought conditions: the effect of increasing temperatures |
| title_short | Heightened fire probability in Indonesia in non-drought conditions: the effect of increasing temperatures |
| title_sort | heightened fire probability in indonesia in non drought conditions the effect of increasing temperatures |
| topic | tropical forests bosque tropical drought sequía precipitation indonesian evapotranspiration evopotranspiración |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81140 |
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