Assessing Forest Fires in The North Eastern Anatolia with Long Term Meteorological Parameters
This study examines the relationship between number of forest fires and burned areas, and meteorological parameters between 1987 and 2020 in the North Eastern Region of Turkey. A total of 1560 forest fires affecting 7340.7 ha forested lands within the border of Giresun, Trabzon and Artvin Regional F...
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| description | This study examines the relationship between number of forest fires and burned areas, and meteorological parameters between 1987 and 2020 in the North Eastern Region of Turkey. A total of 1560 forest fires affecting 7340.7 ha forested lands within the border of Giresun, Trabzon and Artvin Regional Forest Directorate were analysed with historic mean annual temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, total annual rainfall and calculated Sweden Angstrom Index for a period of 1987-2020. Results indicated that total annual number of fires were positively correlated with mean annual temperature, and negatively correlated with mean annual relative humidity and total annual rainfall. No significant relationship was found between the total annual number of fires and the annual average wind speed. The lower Angstrom index values indicate high risk of fires and significant negative correlation was found between total annual number of fires and Angstrom index values. No significant relationship was found between the total annual burned area and annual average temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and Angstrom Index values, however, a significant negative correlation was found with the total annual rainfall. The linear diminishing trend in the values of Angstrom Index and increasing trend in the number of fires from 1987 to 2020 in North Eastern Anatolia indicated that forest fires may become a major problem for forested lands in the North Eastern Region of Turkey in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d1b638b90c8b4ca0b367064d797f296a2025-02-03T08:39:12ZengArtvin Coruh UniversityDoğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi2528-96402021-07-0172374381https://doi.org/10.21324/dacd.885384Assessing Forest Fires in The North Eastern Anatolia with Long Term Meteorological ParametersKadir Alperen Coşkuner0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5249-1604Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Orman Fakültesi, Orman Mühendisliği BölümüThis study examines the relationship between number of forest fires and burned areas, and meteorological parameters between 1987 and 2020 in the North Eastern Region of Turkey. A total of 1560 forest fires affecting 7340.7 ha forested lands within the border of Giresun, Trabzon and Artvin Regional Forest Directorate were analysed with historic mean annual temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, total annual rainfall and calculated Sweden Angstrom Index for a period of 1987-2020. Results indicated that total annual number of fires were positively correlated with mean annual temperature, and negatively correlated with mean annual relative humidity and total annual rainfall. No significant relationship was found between the total annual number of fires and the annual average wind speed. The lower Angstrom index values indicate high risk of fires and significant negative correlation was found between total annual number of fires and Angstrom index values. No significant relationship was found between the total annual burned area and annual average temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and Angstrom Index values, however, a significant negative correlation was found with the total annual rainfall. The linear diminishing trend in the values of Angstrom Index and increasing trend in the number of fires from 1987 to 2020 in North Eastern Anatolia indicated that forest fires may become a major problem for forested lands in the North Eastern Region of Turkey in the future.http://dacd.artvin.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/1596439forest firesair temperatureangstrom indexnorth eastern anatolia |
| spellingShingle | Kadir Alperen Coşkuner Assessing Forest Fires in The North Eastern Anatolia with Long Term Meteorological Parameters Doğal Afetler ve Çevre Dergisi forest fires air temperature angstrom index north eastern anatolia |
| title | Assessing Forest Fires in The North Eastern Anatolia with Long Term Meteorological Parameters |
| title_full | Assessing Forest Fires in The North Eastern Anatolia with Long Term Meteorological Parameters |
| title_fullStr | Assessing Forest Fires in The North Eastern Anatolia with Long Term Meteorological Parameters |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing Forest Fires in The North Eastern Anatolia with Long Term Meteorological Parameters |
| title_short | Assessing Forest Fires in The North Eastern Anatolia with Long Term Meteorological Parameters |
| title_sort | assessing forest fires in the north eastern anatolia with long term meteorological parameters |
| topic | forest fires air temperature angstrom index north eastern anatolia |
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