A high-resolution reanalysis of global fire weather from 1979 to 2018 – overwintering the Drought Code

McElhinny, Megan; Beckers, Justin F.; Hanes, Chelene; Flannigan, Mike; Jain, Piyush

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1823-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1823-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1823-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 3

Data description paper

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21 Aug 2020

Data description paper |

| 21 Aug 2020

A high-resolution reanalysis of global fire weather from 1979 to 2018 – overwintering the Drought Code

Megan McElhinny, Justin F. Beckers, Chelene Hanes, Mike Flannigan, and Piyush Jain

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Final revised paper (published on 21 Aug 2020)
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RC1: 'A high-resolution reanalysis of global fire weather from 1979 to 2018 – Overwintering the Drought Code', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Apr 2020
- AC1: 'Author response', Piyush Jain, 21 Jun 2020
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- AC2: 'Author response', Piyush Jain, 21 Jun 2020

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AR by Piyush Jain on behalf of the Authors (17 Jul 2020)

Short summary

The Canadian Fire Weather Index uses temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and rainfall to provide a fire danger rating that is crucial for fire managers and communities for risk assessment. We provide a global calculation of this index and other relevant indices using high-resolution modelled weather data for 1979–2018. These data will be useful for research studies aiming to quantify the relationships between fire occurrence, growth, or severity and weather or for trend analysis studies.