Spatio-Temporal Linkages between Declining Arctic Sea-Ice Extent and Increasing Wildfire Activity in the Western United States

• Published in: Forests
• Main Authors: Paul Knapp, Peter Soulé
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2017
• Subjects: Arctic sea-ice extent; western U.S. wildfire activity; Rocky Mountains; Arctic amplification; Arctic; Northern Rockies; Pacific; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/f8090313

We examined relationships between monthly Arctic sea-ice extent (ASIE) and annual wildfire activity for seven regions in the western United States during 1980–2015 to determine if spatio-temporal linkages exist between ASIE, upper-level flow, and surface climatic conditions conducive to western U.S....