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Seasonal severity rating index

External Data Spec Published 09 Nov 2012

Topics: Biodiversity — Ecosystems , Climate change adaptation ,

Data on forest fire danger

Provider:: Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Dataset URL:: http://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
Dataset path:: No path - taken from fire database not publicly available. The link to the data underpinning the indicator / figures is not available. Please contact the organisation in order to get access to the underpinning data.

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State and trend of fire danger for the period The left panel shows the average SSR values during the period 1981 to 2010 whereas the right panel shows the linear trend in the same period.

Current and projected state and trend of fire danger Forest fire danger is expressed by the average Seasonal Severity Rating index (derived from the Canadian Fire Weather Index System). Average 2071-2100 SSR levels are shown in the map. The SSR series was computed usign the GCM-RCM run KNMI-RACMO2-ECHAM5 of ENSEMBLES project.

State and trend of fire danger Fire danger is expressed by the Seasonal Severity Rating (SSR). Daily severity values can be averaged over the fire season using the SSR index, which allows objective comparison of fire danger from year to year and from region to region. The coarse scale of the map does not allow accounting for specific conditions of given sites, as for example in the Alpine region, where the complex topography may strongly affect local fire danger.

Projected changes in fire danger Fire danger is expressed by the Seasonal Severity Rating (SSR). Based on projections by the Regional Climate Model (RCM) RACMO2 driven by the Global Climate Model (GCM) ECHAM5 for the SRES A1B emission scenario. Left: projected change in SSR by 2071–2100 as compared to 1961–1990 baseline period; Right: projected annual average SSR in 2071–2100.

See also

Map3.23-86085-State-and-trend-of-fire-danger-for-the-period_v2_cs4.eps

Used in indicators

Forest fires Burnt area in five southern European countries Current state of forest fire danger Projected state of forest fire danger Past trend of forest fire danger Projected changes in forest fire danger

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