John T. Abatzoglou

Fire weather waves drive extreme fires globally | Communications Earth & Environment featured image

Fire weather waves drive extreme fires globally | Communications Earth & Environment

We define fire weather waves as persistent extreme fire weather, which can intensify fire activity by sustaining exceptionally warm, dry, and windy conditions. Here, we use daily …

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Cong Yin
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Heatwaves enable wildfire activity in the western United States

While overall impacts of heatwaves have been extensively studied, the connection between heatwaves and wildfire activity remains relatively underexplored. We analyze links between …

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Increasing synchronicity of global extreme fire weather | Science Advances featured image

Increasing synchronicity of global extreme fire weather | Science Advances

Concurrent extreme fire weather creates favorable conditions for widespread large fires, which can complicate the coordination of fire suppression resources and degrade regional …

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Cong Yin
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