Table 1 Fire classification defining criteria.

From: Spatial and temporal expansion of global wildland fire activity in response to climate change

Tr

MAP ≥ 10 ∙ Pthreshold & Tcold ≥ 18 °C

Tr - ds

Pa ≥ 220 mm and Pmin ≤ 6 mm and Pm ≤ 90 mm

Ar

MAP < 10 ∙ Pthreshold

Ar - fl

Pa ≥ 220 mm & Tm ≥ 19.5 °C & Pm ≤ 60 mm

if MAT < 18.5 °C, all months analysed

if 18.5 °C ≤ MAT < 27.5 °C, months with 7 ≤ dmPmax ≤ 10 analysed

if MAT ≥ 27.5 °C, months with 2 ≤ dmPmax ≤ 4 analysed

Te

MAP ≥ 10 ∙ Pthreshold and Tcold < 18 °C & MAT ≥ 2 °C

Te - dhs

Pa ≥ 220 mm and Pmin ≤ 13 mm and Tm ≥ 12 °C and Pm ≤ 42 mm

Bo

MAP ≥ 10 ∙ Pthreshold and MAT < 2 °C

Bo - hs

Pa ≥ 220 mm and Tmax > 15 °C and Tm ≥ 7 °C and Pm ≤ 67 mm

  1. Fire-climate classes (Tr-ds, Ar-fl, Te-dhs and Bo-hs) must meet general Köppen–Geiger climate criteria (Tr, Ar, Te and Bo, in bold) and the specific fire-climate thresholds. Fire-climate classes are subdivided into three sub-classes according to the number of years classified per decade: r-reccurrent (FPY > 7 years/decade), o-occasional (7 > FPY > 3 years/decade) and i-infrequent (3 > FPY > 0 years/decade). All variables are defined in Table 2.