Climate change driven changes of vegetation fires in the Czech Republic

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216224:14310/21:00118814 RIV/62156489:43210/21:43918485

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00704-020-03443-6" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00704-020-03443-6</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-020-03443-6" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00704-020-03443-6</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Climate change driven changes of vegetation fires in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

With rising temperatures and decreasing soil water, the frequency of vegetation fires is increasing globally. We analyzed the impact of climate change on the frequency of vegetation fires that required intervention by the Czech Fire Rescue Service in the Czech Republic between 1971 and 2015. We analyzed spatial patterns across administrative regions and evaluated the role of climate and other contributing factors that could explain spatiotemporal shifts during the study period. Our study has shown that the frequency of vegetation fires has increased most in the warmest and driest areas of the Czech Republic countryside. The increase between 1991 and 2015 is about 70% in comparison with the 1971-1990 period. In all administrative regions, a statistically significant relationship of the frequency of vegetation fires and weather conditions has been demonstrated. In all regions of the study area, extreme occurrences of vegetation fires were due to a combination of drought and heat waves. We conclude that population growth at the wildland-urban interface causes a greater frequency of vegetation fires. However, the main reason for the statistically significant increase in the frequency of vegetation fires is the ongoing climate change, manifested by an increase in values of the Fire Danger Index and heat wave occurrence.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Climate change driven changes of vegetation fires in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

With rising temperatures and decreasing soil water, the frequency of vegetation fires is increasing globally. We analyzed the impact of climate change on the frequency of vegetation fires that required intervention by the Czech Fire Rescue Service in the Czech Republic between 1971 and 2015. We analyzed spatial patterns across administrative regions and evaluated the role of climate and other contributing factors that could explain spatiotemporal shifts during the study period. Our study has shown that the frequency of vegetation fires has increased most in the warmest and driest areas of the Czech Republic countryside. The increase between 1991 and 2015 is about 70% in comparison with the 1971-1990 period. In all administrative regions, a statistically significant relationship of the frequency of vegetation fires and weather conditions has been demonstrated. In all regions of the study area, extreme occurrences of vegetation fires were due to a combination of drought and heat waves. We conclude that population growth at the wildland-urban interface causes a greater frequency of vegetation fires. However, the main reason for the statistically significant increase in the frequency of vegetation fires is the ongoing climate change, manifested by an increase in values of the Fire Danger Index and heat wave occurrence.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10510 - Climatic research

Projekt

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Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

ISSN

0177-798X

e-ISSN

1434-4483

Svazek periodika

143

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1-2

Stát vydavatele periodika

AT - Rakouská republika

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

691-699

Kód UT WoS článku

000583103100002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85094868439