The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has a pronounced influence on year-to-year variations in climate1. The response of fires to this forcing2 is complex and has not been evaluated systematically across different continents. Here we use satellite data to create a climatology of burned-area and fire-emissions responses, drawing on six El Niño and six La Niña events during 1997–2016.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/pan-tropical-cascade-fire-driven-el-ni%C3%B1osouthern-oscillation
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/yang-chen
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/douglas-c-morton
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/niels-andela-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature-climate-change
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/el-nino
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-fires
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/asia
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/aerosols
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tropical-forests
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/australia