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  • Environmental Science
  • Climate Science

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  • Forest fires are natural but increasingly destructive due to climate change.
  • Fire danger reanalysis products serve as crucial proxies for fire weather observations.
  • Advancing fire science requires reliable, spatially and temporally consistent data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a new global fire danger reanalysis dataset.
  • To supersede the previous ERA-Interim based dataset with improved data and resolution.
  • To provide a valuable resource for wildfire danger modeling and related scientific research.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI) system.
  • Employed the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA5 reanalysis dataset.
  • Developed a dataset with higher spatial resolution and both deterministic and probabilistic ensemble forms.

Main Results:

  • The new dataset offers enhanced estimates of precipitation, evaporation, and soil moisture.
  • It provides a higher spatial resolution compared to previous datasets.
  • The dataset is available in both deterministic and probabilistic ensemble formats.

Conclusions:

  • The ECMWF ERA5-based fire danger reanalysis dataset is a significant advancement for fire science.
  • It offers superior data quality and resolution, benefiting wildfire danger modeling.
  • The dataset is freely accessible, supporting forestry agencies and researchers globally.