Extended Data Fig. 3: Long-term biogeophysical and surface energy flux changes for up to 14 years after fire for northern forests (40°N–70°N).
From: Forest fire size amplifies postfire land surface warming
Postfire trajectories of the mean values of all fire patches are shown for changes in land surface temperature (∆T) (a), outgoing longwave radiation (ΔLWout) (b), surface albedo (Δα) (c), reflected shortwave radiation (ΔSWout) (d), ecosystem evapotranspiration (ΔET) (e), latent heat flux (ΔLE) (f), the sum of sensible and ground heat fluxes (Δ(H + G)) (g) and net radiation (ΔRn) (h). The red, blue and black dots represent the regional mean values for summer (June–August), winter (December–February) and the annual time scale, respectively. Solid dots represent mean values significantly different from zero (p < 0.05, two-tailed t-test), whereas empty dots represent those not significantly different from zero (p > 0.05, two-tailed t-test). The values of s.e.m. for all variables are too small to be visible and hence error bars showing s.e.m. are omitted. Figure developed using the Python open-source tools.
