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Recent climate change: Rethinking drought in the context of Forest Fire Research in Ticino, South of Switzerland
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Date de parution
2005
In
Theoretical and Applied Climatology
Vol.
1-2
No
82
De la page
17
A la page
25
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Résumé
We analyse trends over the past 32 years in drought variables in the context of forest fire research and climate change in Ticino, Southern Switzerland. January to April and in particular the month of March have become drier. This is the time of the year when forest fires are most frequent. Our results show an increasing trend in all climatic variables favourable to drought and forest fires, including the length of episodes without precipitation, sunshine duration and temperature, and a decrease in relative humidity. The only exception is the number of "foehn" days, which have not significantly increased.
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journal article
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