Articles | Volume 16, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3103-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-3103-2023
Model evaluation paper
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01 Jun 2023
Model evaluation paper |  | 01 Jun 2023

Evaluation of CMIP6 model performances in simulating fire weather spatiotemporal variability on global and regional scales

Carolina Gallo, Jonathan M. Eden, Bastien Dieppois, Igor Drobyshev, Peter Z. Fulé, Jesús San-Miguel-Ayanz, and Matthew Blackett

Data sets

Fire danger indices historical data from the Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Climate Change Service https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.0e89c522

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Short summary
This study conducts the first global evaluation of the latest generation of global climate models to simulate a set of fire weather indicators from the Canadian Fire Weather Index System. Models are shown to perform relatively strongly at the global scale, but they show substantial regional and seasonal differences. The results demonstrate the value of model evaluation and selection in producing reliable fire danger projections, ultimately to support decision-making and forest management.