Fire hazard forecast by the regional climate change projection using the ETA model: a case study in Bahia, Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_29-1_5Keywords:
Forecast modelling, fire occurrence, natural hazards, climate changeAbstract
This article proposes a method for predicting fire occurrence, considering regional climate change projection using the Eta model, with a 20 km resolution, for the RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios. Fire occurrence in the state of Bahia was calculated as a function of the three main sensitivity factors on a daily time-scale: days without precipitation, precipitation, and maximum temperature. Historical fire occurrences from 1998 to 2018 and meteorological data from 1960 to 2018 were obtained from official institutes, and weather forecast parameters from 2018 to 2050 were downscaled from the web platform PROJETA. The correlations between the meteorological factors and fire occurrence were calculated for the historical data and a weight factor corresponding to a control simulation. Afterwards, a correction factor was determined, based on the historical fire occurrence data used for the forecast in the two scenarios. The results indicate that between 2018 and 2050, risk of fire will have an average increase of 27% at the RCP4.5 and 38% at the RCP8.5 scenario.
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