A statistical relationship between El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Florida wildfire occurrence

Auteurs :
HARRISON, M.
MEINDL, C.F.

Description :
Increased awareness of the relationships between global climate changes occurring in the tropics and their teleconnections outside the tropics dictate a reevaluation of the role of phenomena such as El Niño-Southern Oscillation on the risk of wildfire. One simple way of illustrating the relationship between ENSO and wildfire occurrence is the use of an Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) on wildfire data that has been categorized according to ENSO status (El Niño, La Niña, and neutral years). This research shows that a statistically significant relationship exists between ENSO conditions and annual wildfire occurrence in Florida when ENSO conditions are treated as a potential precursor to wildfire conditions.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Physical geography, issn : 0272-3646, 2001, vol. 22, n°. 3, p. 187-203, nombre de pages : 17, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 24 ref.

Date :
2001

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Abingdon, Taylor and Francis