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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (6): 132-138.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb15090020

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Influence of Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies of North Pacific on Spring Forest Fire in Sichuan Province

Gan Weiwei1, Yang Shuqun2, Ma Zhenfeng2, Liu Bo3   

  1. (1Institute of Plateau Meteorology in Chengdu, CMA/Key Laboratory of Heavy Rain and Drought-Flood Disasters in Plateau and Basin in Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610071;2Sichuan Climate Center, Chengdu 610071; 378183 Troops, Chengdu 610017)
  • Received:2015-09-07 Revised:2016-01-29 Accepted:2015-10-23 Online:2016-03-07 Published:2016-03-07

Abstract: The paper aims to protect the ecological environment and forest resources, perfect the forest fire forecasting and warning operation in Sichuan Province. The temporal and spatial characteristics of forest fire in Sichuan and their relationship with the SST anomalies of North Pacific were analyzed, using the original data of forest fire from 1979-2012, the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data, and the sea surface temperature data from NOAA. The result showed that a close negative/positive correlation existed between the forest fire in the major disaster area (Liangshan Prefecture, Panzhihua City and Ganzi) and the early winter SST in the neighborhood of the North Equatorial Current Region (5°-25°, 165°E-140°W)/the North Pacific drift (25°-45°N, 165°E-140°W), respectively. A discriminate index for diagnosing and forecasting the spring forest fire was defined according to the correlation distribution characteristics. By analyzing the relationship between FI and 500 hPa height field in the northern hemisphere, the authors believed that the North Pacific SST abnormalities were likely to affect spring forest fire in major disaster area through the persistent influence on Eurasian high latitude circulation anomalies.

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