The importance of a dedicated fire weather network - Part 1

摘要

Every year a vast majority of 30-46 million km2 of the global land surface burn due to wildfire, approximately 4% of the global land surface. Recently in North America the area burnt by wildfires has increased sharply, while regions like Southeast Asia and South America have seen a rise in the number of land-clearing fires and other escaped wildfires in equatorial forests. In 1997, Malaysia, for example, spent $8.2 million to put out fires that resulted in major evacuations.