@article{d6eb11a1a3714450aa94993e0e099bf4,
title = "Pacific-Atlantic Ocean influence on wildfires in northeast China (1774 to 2010)",
abstract = "Identification of effects that climate teleconnections, such as El Ni{\~n}o–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), and North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), have on wildfires is difficult because of short and incomplete records in many areas of the world. We developed the first multicentury wildfire chronologies for northeast China from fire-scarred trees. Regional wildfires occurred every 7 years from the 1700s to 1947, after which fire suppression policies were implemented. Regional wildfires occurred predominately during drought years and were associated with positive phases of ENSO and PDO and negative NAO. Twentieth century meteorological records show that this contingent combination of +ENSO/+PDO/−NAO is linked to low humidity, low precipitation, and high temperature during or before late spring fire seasons. Climate and wildfires in northeast China may be predictable based on teleconnection phases, although future wildfires may be more severe due to effects of climate change and the legacy of fire suppression.",
keywords = "China, Pacific-Atlantic Ocean, dendroecology, drought, fire history",
author = "Qichao Yao and Brown, {Peter M.} and Shirong Liu and Rocca, {Monique E.} and Valerie Trouet and Ben Zheng and Haonan Chen and Yinchao Li and Duanyang Liu and Xiaochun Wang",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grants 30970481 and 41471168), the Key Project of the Special Focus on “Global Change and Mitigation” of the China National Key Research and Development Program (2016YFA0600800), and the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT-15R09). Q.Y. was supported by a fellowship grant from the China Scholarship Council. P.M.B. was supported by funding from Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research, Inc. The participation of H.C in this study is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Accelerating Innovation Research (AIR) program and the NSF Hazard SEES project. We thank Colorado State University for use of laboratory facilities. We also appreciated the help that Zhikui Zhao, Lei Zhang, and Yongxian Lu provided with fieldwork in Daxing'an Mountains. Fire-scar data are available through the International Multiproxy Paleofire Database (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/21130; https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/21131; https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/21132; https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/21133; https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/21134; https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/21135). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright}2017. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.",
year = "2017",
month = jan,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1002/2016GL071821",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "44",
pages = "1025--1033",
journal = "Geophysical Research Letters",
issn = "0094-8276",
publisher = "American Geophysical Union",
number = "2",
}