Fire Research

Fire and Climate Change

The Goal

To conduct research to investigate the relationship between projected climate change and wildland fire.

Fire Research Activities

Within the research area of Fire and Climate Change, the research activities of the Fire Research Group can be found under the following categories:

• General Overview
• Canadian Large Fire Database (LFDB)
• Historical Fire Weather in Canada: 1953–1996
• Creating Future Climate Scenarios of Fire Danger
  • General Circulation Models (GCMs)
  • Regional Climate Models (RCMs)
• Direct Carbon Emissions from Forest Fires
• International Research Activities
  • Fire Danger Scenarios Using Two General Circulation Models
  • ICFME - International Crown Fire Modeling Experiment
  • Russian FIRE BEAR Project
• National Research Activities
  • Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Historical Fire Weather and Fire Danger in Canada
  • Assessing Recent and Future Fire Behavior Potential in the Southern Boreal Forest of Saskatchewan
  • Assessing Past, Current, and Future Fire Occurrence and Fire Severity in British Columbia
• Information on Fire and Climate Change
  • Fact Sheets
  • Contacts