Wildfires have an important role in the ecological process affecting ecosystems at multiple spatial scales. MCD64A1 500 m burned area product is used in this study to document trends of fire events from 2001 to 2019. The research aims to analyze the trend of burned areas in the country. Iraq is selected as study area of the research because of dramatically increasing the number of fires in the country. The study found that the lowest amount of burned areas were located in the center and southwest, while northeast and north faced most of the fires. The trend of burned areas in Iraq was an increase of 71.7 km 2 per year, and, principally, in the last years, burned areas increased by 1363 km 2 . The most extensive burning areas occurred in the Ninawa Governorate (29%). In 2019, burned areas increased to around eight times compared to the yearly average. During 2019, one of the highest classes which contain burned area is “Cropland, rainfed” with 4366 km 2 burned. High maximum air temperature and wind speed are the main factors that contribute to increasing burned areas; however, high precipitation and air pressure lead to a reducing amount of burned areas. The rapid increase of fires in the country as a result of burn crop field residues will lead to worsening air pollution and likely decrease forest area in the future.

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2001-2019年伊拉克火灾面积增加趋势

野火在影响多个空间尺度生态系统的生态过程中发挥着重要作用。本研究使用 MCD64A1 500 m 燃烧面积产品来记录 2001 年至 2019 年的火灾事件趋势。该研究旨在分析该国的燃烧面积趋势。伊拉克被选为研究的研究区域，因为该国的火灾数量急剧增加。研究发现，火灾最少的地区位于中部和西南部，而东北部和北部面临着大部分火灾。伊拉克的烧毁面积呈每年增加71.7 km 2 的趋势，主要是在最近几年，烧毁面积增加了1363 km 2 。燃烧面积最大的地区发生在尼尼微省 (29%)。2019年，与年平均水平相比，被烧毁的面积增加了大约八倍。2019 年，包含烧毁面积的最高类别之一是“农田，雨养”，烧毁面积为 4366 平方公里。较高的最高气温和风速是导致燃烧面积增加的主要因素；然而，高降水和气压导致燃烧面积减少。由于燃烧作物田地残留物导致该国火灾的迅速增加将导致空气污染恶化，并可能在未来减少森林面积。高降水和气压导致燃烧面积减少。由于燃烧作物田地残留物导致该国火灾的迅速增加将导致空气污染恶化，并可能在未来减少森林面积。高降水和气压导致燃烧面积减少。由于燃烧作物田地残留物导致该国火灾的迅速增加将导致空气污染恶化，并可能在未来减少森林面积。