日本地球惑星科学連合2019年大会

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セッション記号 A (大気水圏科学) » A-HW 水文・陸水・地下水学・水環境

[A-HW23] 水循環・水環境

2019年5月29日(水) 15:30 〜 17:00 ポスター会場 (幕張メッセ国際展示場 8ホール)

コンビーナ:町田 功(産業技術総合研究所地質調査総合センター)、山崎 大(東京大学生産技術研究所)、林 武司(秋田大学教育文化学部)、福士 圭介(金沢大学環日本海域環境研究センター)

[AHW23-P05] Severe droughts provide huge fuel for widespread wildfires in California in USA

*Linghua Qiu1Ji Chen1Haiyun Shi2Liqun Sun3Jun Niu4 (1.the University of Hong Kong、2.Southern University of Science and Technology、3.Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences、4.China Agricultural University)

キーワード:Fuel, Wildfires, Droughts, Soil moisture, Vegetation

The frequently occurred large wildfires in California caught the public’s attention in recent years and the ability to identify and prevent such disasters is pressing. The study built the rational relationship between soil moisture and vegetation based on remote sensing, hydrology and wildfire data during 2001-2017 in California. The purpose is to estimate the effects of droughts on wildfires and to detect the valid fuel for wildfires. The study results reported that severe droughts could cause huge fuel for wildfires and made them even much more widespread and longer sustained. The consequences could provide significant information for identification and prevention of future wildfires in California and even other regions in the world.