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Vegetation moisture, temperature, wind, terrain and ignition conditions interact; analysis must separate one fire's conditions from a pattern measured over many years.
Why can strong wind make a fire front move faster?
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How heat, drought and wind work together to drive wildfires
Fires in France and Spain show how vegetation moisture, wind and terrain can combine to change fire behaviour.
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Wildfires in France and Spain developed under hot and dry conditions. A long dry spell lowers the water held in vegetation, making grass and trees easier to ignite. Strong wind supplies oxygen, pushes the fire front and can carry embers ahead to start new fires. Terrain can also redirect wind and change how quickly flames move uphill. One fire can show how these factors combined at that time, but it cannot prove a long-term trend everywhere. That requires comparisons across years of temperature, rainfall, vegetation and burned-area records.
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Vegetation moisture, temperature, wind, terrain and ignition conditions interact; analysis must separate one fire's conditions from a pattern measured over many years.
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- Fires in France and Spain show how vegetation moisture, wind and terrain can combine to change fire behaviour.
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- A fire is not controlled by one variable
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- A fire is not controlled by one variable · Vegetation moisture, temperature, wind, terrain and ignition conditions interact; analysis must separate one fire's conditions from a pattern measured over many years.
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