Valendik E. N., Kisilyakhov E. K., Ryzhkova V. A., Ponomarev E. I., Goldammer J. G. Forest Fires Under Abnormal Weather Conditions in Central Siberia
Authors:
Contacts:
Georges-Koehler-Allee 75, Freiburg, D-79110 Germany
E-mail: yegor@ksc.krasn.ru, vera@ksc.krasn.ru, evg@ksc.krasn.ru,
johann.goldammer@fire.uni-freiburg.de
1 V. N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch
Akademgorodok, 50/28, Krasnoyarsk, 660036 Russian Federation
2 The Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), Fire Ecology Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry c/o Freiburg University / United Nations UniversityGeorges-Koehler-Allee 75, Freiburg, D-79110 Germany
E-mail: yegor@ksc.krasn.ru, vera@ksc.krasn.ru, evg@ksc.krasn.ru,
johann.goldammer@fire.uni-freiburg.de
Keywords:
large and catastrophic forest fires, droughts, planetary atmospheric circulation, extreme fire season, Central Siberia
Pages:
43–52
Abstract
How to cite: Valendik E. N.1, Kisilyakhov E. K.1, Ryzhkova V. A.1, Ponomarev E. I.1, Goldammer J. G.2 Forest fires under abnormal weather conditions in Central Siberia // Sibirskij Lesnoj Zurnal (Siberian Journal of Forest Science) 2014. N 3: 43–52 (in Russian with English abstract).© Valendik E. N., Kisilyakhov E. K., Ryzhkova V. A., Ponomarev E. I., Goldammer J. G., 2014
Occurrence of forest fires and their development to large and catastrophic wildfires are considered for Central Siberia taiga subzones under abnormal drought conditions. The combination of natural conditions that determine the appearance and spread of these fires are given for drought conditions. A map of the large wildfires distribution in the boreal forest subzones of Central Siberia is compiled for 1979 to 2011. A brief analysis is made of dry periods and their relation to the planetary atmospheric processes, as well as the possibility of wildfires escalating in boreal forests and mountain forests of southern Siberia under climate warming.
