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Saharan Hot and Dry Sirocco Winds Drive Extreme Fire Events in Mediterranean Tunisia (North Africa)
Atmosphere ( IF 2.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-03 , DOI: 10.3390/atmos11060590
Chiraz Belhadj-Khedher , Taoufik El-Melki , Florent Mouillot

With hot and dry summers, the Mediterranean basin is affected by recurrent fires. While drought is the major driver of the seasonal and inter-annual fire distribution in its northern and mildest climate conditions, some extreme fire events are also linked to extreme winds or heat waves. The southern part of the Mediterranean basin is located at the driest range of the Mediterranean bioclimate and is influenced by Saharan atmospheric circulations, leading to extreme hot and dry episodes, called Sirocco, and potentially acting as a major contributor to fire hazard. The recently created fire database for Tunisia was used to investigate the ±10-day pre- and post-fire timeframe of daily weather conditions associated with fire events over the 1985–2006 period. Positive anomalies in minimum and maximum temperatures, negative anomalies in air relative humidity, and a preferential south-eastern wind during fire events were identified, which were characteristic of Sirocco winds. +7 °C anomalies in air temperature and −30% in relative air humidity were the critical thresholds for the most extreme fire conditions. In addition, meteorological anomalies started two days before fire events and lasted for three days after for large fires >400 ha, which suggests that the duration of the Sirocco event is linked with fire duration and final fire size. Lastly, the yearly number of intense Sirocco events better explained the inter-annual variability of burned area over the 1950–2006 period than summer drought based on Standardized Precipitation Evaporation Index (SPEI) indices.

中文翻译:

撒哈拉热风和干燥西洛克风在地中海突尼斯(北非)引发极端火灾

在炎热干燥的夏季,地中海盆地经常遭受大火的影响。虽然干旱是北部和最温和气候条件下季节性和年际火灾分布的主要驱动因素,但某些极端火灾事件也与极端风或热浪有关。地中海盆地的南部位于地中海生物气候最干燥的范围,受撒哈拉大气环流的影响,导致极热和干燥的天气,称为西洛克河,可能是造成火灾隐患的主要因素。最近为突尼斯建立的火灾数据库用于调查1985-2006年期间与火灾相关的日常天气情况在火灾发生前后的±10天。最低和最高温度为正异常,确定了空气相对湿度的负异常,并在火灾期间发现了优先的东南风,这是西洛克风的特征。空气温度+7°C异常和相对空气湿度-30%是最极端火情的关键阈值。此外,气象异常始于大火发生前两天,持续超过三天的持续时间超过400公顷的大火,这表明Sirocco事件的持续时间与大火持续时间和最终大火大小有关。最后,基于标准降水蒸发指数(SPEI)指数,与夏季干旱相比,1950-2006年期间每年发生的强烈西洛克事件的数量可以更好地解释燃烧面积的年际变化。这是西洛克风的特征。空气温度+7°C异常和相对空气湿度-30%是最极端火情的关键阈值。此外,气象异常始于大火发生前两天,持续超过三天的持续时间超过400公顷的大火,这表明Sirocco事件的持续时间与大火持续时间和最终大火大小有关。最后,基于标准降水蒸发指数(SPEI)指数,与夏季干旱相比,1950-2006年期间每年发生的强烈西洛克事件的数量可以更好地解释燃烧面积的年际变化。这是西洛克风的特征。空气温度+7°C异常和相对空气湿度-30%是最极端火情的关键阈值。此外,气象异常始于大火发生前两天,持续超过三天的持续时间超过400公顷的大火,这表明Sirocco事件的持续时间与大火持续时间和最终大火大小有关。最后,基于标准降水蒸发指数(SPEI)指数,与夏季干旱相比,1950-2006年期间每年发生的强烈西洛克事件的数量可以更好地解释燃烧面积的年际变化。气象异常始于大火发生前两天,持续超过三天的持续时间超过400公顷,这表明Sirocco事件的持续时间与大火持续时间和最终大火大小有关。最后,基于标准降水蒸发指数(SPEI)指数,与夏季干旱相比,1950-2006年期间每年发生的强烈西洛克事件的数量可以更好地解释燃烧面积的年际变化。气象异常始于大火发生前两天,持续超过三天的持续时间超过400公顷的大火,这表明Sirocco事件的持续时间与大火持续时间和最终大火大小有关。最后,基于标准降水蒸发指数(SPEI)指数,与夏季干旱相比,1950-2006年期间每年发生的强烈西洛克事件的数量可以更好地解释燃烧面积的年际变化。
更新日期:2020-06-03
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