Table 1 Climate teleconnections (CTs) modulate 52.9% of the global burned area (BA)

From: Climate teleconnections modulate global burned area

 

Lag 0

Lag 3

Lag 6

Lag 9

Any lag

TNA

18

13.7

10.7

10.4

25.7

PNA

5.6

12.5

4

6

24.3

AMO

15.9

13.3

12.1

12.3

22.3

WP

2.9

2.6

7.1

6

16.6

NAO

4.8

3.5

5.7

4.2

16.1

EA

5.6

4.6

4

5.3

16

EP

5.8

5.3

2.7

3.1

15.4

PDO

4.9

4.1

4.4

7.5

12.5

SAM

2.3

2.2

2

6.6

12.3

AO

3.2

2.4

3

2

10

IOD

2.8

2.7

2.8

2.7

9.1

ENSO

3.2

3.8

3.5

2.7

8.1

TSA

2.2

2.9

2.4

3.1

8

Global

    

52.9

  1. Percentage of annual BA modulated by the corresponding CT and studied lag (synchronous and lagged signals) as represented by those pixels with statistically significant correlation (P < 0.05) between CT indices and BA during the fire season peak.
  2. AMO Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation; AO Arctic Oscillation; EA East Atlantic; ENSO El Niño 3.4 SST index; EP Eastern Pacific; IOD Indian Ocean Dipole; NAO North Atlantic Oscillation; PDO Pacific Decadal Oscillation; PNA Pacific North American; SAM Southern Annular Mode; TNA Tropical North Atlantic; TSA Tropical South Atlantic; WP Western Pacific.