Original paper
Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia
Abstract
The 2019/20 Black Summer bushfire disaster in southeast Australia was unprecedented: the extensive area of forest burnt, the radiative power of the fires, and the extraordinary number of fires that developed into extreme pyroconvective events were all unmatched in the historical record. Australia’s hottest and driest year on record, 2019, was characterised by exceptionally dry fuel loads that primed the landscape to burn when exposed to...
Paper Details
Title
Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia
Published Date
Jan 7, 2021
Volume
2
Issue
1