- Title:
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Climate and Severe Fire Seasons
- Date:
- March 2001
- Organisations
- NZFS
- Authors:
- Clive Heydenrych, Dr Jim Salinger, Dr Jim Renwick
- Location:
- New Zealand, New Zealand
Overview
Climate and Severe Fire Seasons examines severe fire seasons experienced in New Zealand which have been attributed to various synoptic climatic features, such as the presence of El Niņo and La Niņa events. The National Rural Fire Authority has for a number of years been working towards an improved fire risk forecasting regime. The scope of this study is to improve the knowledge of climatic factors influencing fire season severity. The work involves detailed analysis of relationships between global and regional climate elements and monthly and seasonal fire season severity. This report forms part of a 3 year investigation of climatic factors that give rise to high seasonal and monthly severity fire risk.
