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Articles | Volume 14, issue 12
Articles | Volume 14, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7639-2021
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Articles | Volume 14, issue 12
Development and technical paper
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20 Dec 2021
Development and technical paper |  | 20 Dec 2021

Modeling the short-term fire effects on vegetation dynamics and surface energy in southern Africa using the improved SSiB4/TRIFFID-Fire model

Huilin Huang, Yongkang Xue, Ye Liu, Fang Li, and Gregory S. Okin

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This study applies a fire-coupled dynamic vegetation model to quantify fire impact at monthly to annual scales. We find fire reduces grass cover by 4–8 % annually for widespread areas in south African savanna and reduces tree cover by 1 % at the periphery of tropical Congolese rainforest. The grass cover reduction peaks at the beginning of the rainy season, which quickly diminishes before the next fire season. In contrast, the reduction of tree cover is irreversible within one growing season.
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