Are there lightning Fires in the Amazon Rainforest?

Zhang, Cunhui, Janssen, Thomas, Jones, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3480-7980 and Veraverbeke, Sander (2024) Are there lightning Fires in the Amazon Rainforest? In: European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2024, 2024-04-14 - 2024-04-19.

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Abstract

Tropical rainforests have exceptionally high biodiversity and store large amounts of carbon in biomass. However, large and frequent fires across tropical rainforests in the last decades threaten the ecosystem integrity of these ecosystems. The general belief is that fires in the Amazon rainforest are all human-ignited and that lightning fires do not occur in rainforests due to the predominant wet conditions. However, recent research indicates the possibility of lightning fires in tropical rainforests. Here, we aim to investigate the occurrence of lightning-ignited fires in the Amazon rainforest, a topic that has been largely overlooked in the current understanding of fire dynamics in this biome. We collected and analyzed data on lightning strikes, fire occurrences, and weather patterns derived from satellite imagery and climate datasets. The objective is to detect, quantify, and characterize lightning fires in the Brazilian Amazon rainforests, thereby providing new insights into the natural fire regime of this crucial ecosystem.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Climatic Research Unit University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	16 May 2024 09:31
Last Modified:	20 May 2024 02:35
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/95220
DOI:	10.5194/egusphere-egu24-5236

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