Wildfire-atmosphere interactions in a changing climate
- Senande Rivera, Martín
- Gonzalo Miguez Macho Director
Defence university: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Fecha de defensa: 28 June 2023
- Marco Turco Chair
- Ana Daría Ruiz González Secretary
- Juan José Taboada Hidalgo Committee member
Type: Thesis
Abstract
Wildfires are part of the Earth System since they interact with the atmosphere, the biosphere and the anthroposphere. Climate change is altering global fire activity by modifying atmospheric and vegetation conditions. As a consequence, the effects of wildfires on the atmosphere are expected to change as well. In this thesis we assess how wildfire-atmosphere interactions are being modified due to anthropogenic global warming. Using numerical models, climate projections and statistical data analysis, a significant intensification of the interactions between fires and the atmosphere at different spatio-temporal scales was found.