Articles | Volume 20, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8827-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8827-2020
Research article
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27 Jul 2020
Research article |  | 27 Jul 2020

Trends and spatial shifts in lightning fires and smoke concentrations in response to 21st century climate over the national forests and parks of the western United States

Yang Li, Loretta J. Mickley, Pengfei Liu, and Jed O. Kaplan

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Using a coupled vegetation–fire–climate modeling framework, we show a northward shift in forests and increased lightning fire activity in northern US states, including Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Our findings suggest a large climate penalty on ecosystem, air quality, visibility, and human health in a region valued for its national forests and parks. The fine-scale smoke PM predictions provided in this study should prove useful to human health and environmental assessments.
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