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Model description paper
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Model description paper |
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Globally consistent assessment of economic impacts of wildfires in CLIMADA v2.2
Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, 8058 Zürich Airport, Switzerland
Gabriela Aznar-Siguan
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, 8058 Zürich Airport, Switzerland
Christopher Fairless
Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
David N. Bresch
Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss, 8058 Zürich Airport, Switzerland
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Short summary
In light of the dramatic increase in economic impacts due to wildfires, the need for modelling impacts of wildfire damage is ever increasing. Insurance companies, households, humanitarian organisations and governmental authorities are worried by climate risks. In this study we present an approach to modelling wildfire impacts using the open-source modelling platform CLIMADA. All input data are free, public and globally available, ensuring applicability in data-scarce regions of the Global South.
In light of the dramatic increase in economic impacts due to wildfires, the need for modelling...
