Sentences with phrase «pacific wildland fire»

Researchers at the U.S. Forest Services Pacific Wildland Fire Lab looked at past fires in the West to create a statistical model of how future climate change may affect wildfires.

Not exact matches

The phase of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation that leads to warmer conditions may also prolong and intensify the fire season (Heyerdahl et al. 2008; Jolly et al. 2015; Abatzoglou and Williams 2016), and it is clear that years with protracted or widespread wildland fire or increased fire severity are correlated with drought (Littell et al. 2009; van Mantgem et al. 2013).

This newsletter contains articles on the following: 2016 as a record - warm year for the province, recent PCIC research on Fraser River Basin climate impacts, recent Data Portal upgrades, Director Francis Zwiers's keynote at the Wildland Fire Canada Meeting and recognition as a highly - cited researcher, a staff profile on Megan Kirchmeier - Young, our Pacific Climate Seminar Series, PCIC's contributions to the AGU Fall Meeting and Northwest Climate Conference, the most recent Science Brief, staff changes and recent papers by PCIC staff and affiliates.