Cyclic Trends of Wildfires over Sub-Saharan Africa

dc.contributor.authorMachete, Reason L.en
dc.contributor.authorDintwe, Kebonyethataen
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-27T17:05:51Zen
dc.date.available2023-03-27T17:05:51Zen
dc.date.issued2023-02en
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, the patterns of the occurrences of fire incidents over sub-Saharan Africa are studied on the basis of satellite data. Patterns for the whole sub-Saharan Africa are contrasted with those for northern sub-Saharan Africa and southern-hemisphere Africa. This paper attempts to unravel linear trends and overriding oscillations using regression and spectral techniques. It compares fire patterns for aggregated vegetation with those for specific types, which are savannahs, grasslands, shrublands, croplands, and forests, to identify key trend drivers. The underlying cyclic trends are interpreted in light of climate change and model projections. Considering sub-Saharan Africa, northern sub-Saharan Africa, and southern-hemisphere Africa, we found declining linear trends of wildfires with overriding cyclic patterns that have a period of similar to 5 years, seemingly largely driven by savannahs, grasslands, and croplands.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/fire6020071en
dc.identifier.issue2en
dc.identifier.other71en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/114187en
dc.identifier.volume6en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectcyclic trendsen
dc.subjectAfrican wildfiresen
dc.subjectclimate changeen
dc.titleCyclic Trends of Wildfires over Sub-Saharan Africaen
dc.title.serialFire-Switzerlanden
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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