Temporal patterns of fire sequences observed in Canton of Ticino (southern Switzerland)

Telesca, L.; Kanevski, M.; Tonini, M.; Pezzatti, G. B.; Conedera, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-10-723-2010

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Models, theory, and empirical studies in wildfire hazard

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Temporal patterns of fire sequences observed in Canton of Ticino (southern Switzerland)

L. Telesca, M. Kanevski, M. Tonini, G. B. Pezzatti, and M. Conedera

Abstract. Temporal dynamical analysis in fire sequences recorded from 1969 to 2008 in Canton Ticino (Switzerland) was carried out by using the Allan Factor statistics. The obtained results show the presence of daily periodicities, superimposed to two time-scaling regimes. The daily cycle vanishes for sequences of higher altitude fires, for which a single scaling behaviour is observed.

Received: 02 Sep 2009 – Revised: 21 Dec 2009 – Accepted: 06 Jan 2010 – Published: 13 Apr 2010