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Modern Pyromes: Biogeographical Patterns Of Fire Characteristics Across The Contiguous United States, Megan E. Cattau, Adam Mahood, Jennifer K. Balch, Carol Wessman
Modern Pyromes: Biogeographical Patterns Of Fire Characteristics Across The Contiguous United States, Megan E. Cattau, Adam Mahood, Jennifer K. Balch, Carol Wessman
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In recent decades, wildfires in many areas of the United States (U.S.) have become larger and more frequent with increasing anthropogenic pressure, including interactions between climate, land-use change, and human ignitions. We aimed to characterize the spatiotemporal patterns of contemporary fire characteristics across the contiguous United States (CONUS). We derived fire variables based on frequency, fire radiative power (FRP), event size, burned area, and season length from satellite-derived fire products and a government records database on a 50 km grid (1984–2020). We used k-means clustering to create a hierarchical classification scheme of areas with relatively homogeneous fire characteristics, or modern …