Relationship between circum-Arctic atmospheric wave patterns and large-scale wildfires in boreal summer

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Teppei J Yasunari, Hisashi Nakamura, Kyu-Myong Kim, Nakbin Choi, Myong-In Lee, Yoshihiro Tachibana, Arlindo M da Silva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2021
• Subjects: wildfire; aerosol; PM2.5; summer; Arctic; climate pattern; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Canada; Merra; Climate change; Global warming; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abf7ef; https://doaj.org/article/69b9997ad29145598fd43b1868c8b6f7

Long-term assessment of severe wildfires and associated air pollution and related climate patterns in and around the Arctic is essential for assessing healthy human life status. To examine the relationships, we analyzed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) modern-era retrospectiv...