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Amplification of wildfire area burnt by hydrological drought in the humid tropics

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  • Muh Taufik

    (Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Wageningen University
    Bogor Agricultural University)

  • Paul J. J. F. Torfs

    (Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Wageningen University)

  • Remko Uijlenhoet

    (Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Wageningen University)

  • Philip D. Jones

    (Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
    King Abdulaziz University)

  • Daniel Murdiyarso

    (Bogor Agricultural University
    Center for International Forestry Research)

  • Henny A. J. Van Lanen

    (Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Wageningen University)

Abstract

Predictions of fire-burnt areas are typically based on climate data. Including hydrological processes in models improves projections of burnt area in Borneo, with large wildfires clustered in years of hydrological drought associated with strong El Niño events.

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  • Muh Taufik & Paul J. J. F. Torfs & Remko Uijlenhoet & Philip D. Jones & Daniel Murdiyarso & Henny A. J. Van Lanen, 2017. "Amplification of wildfire area burnt by hydrological drought in the humid tropics," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 7(6), pages 428-431, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:7:y:2017:i:6:d:10.1038_nclimate3280
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3280
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