Projected climate change impact on fire risk and heavy snow loads in the Finnish forests

• Main Author: Lehtonen, Ilari
• Other Authors: Gardiner, Barry, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsingin yliopisto, matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta, fysiikan laitos, Helsingfors universitet, matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, institutionen för fysik, Venäläinen, Ari, Järvinen, Heikki
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Helsingin yliopisto 2017
• Subjects: Kainuu; Rime; karelia*; Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/192016

The aim of this work was to study the climate change impact on two specific abiotic risks affecting forests in Finland: fires and heavy snow loads. Approximately 1000 forest fires occur annually in Finland, but thanks to effective fire suppression, the average size of fires is only about 0.5 ha. Occ...