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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-3143-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-3143-2022
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06 Oct 2022
Research article |  | 06 Oct 2022

The 2017 Split wildfire in Croatia: evolution and the role of meteorological conditions

Ivana Čavlina Tomašević, Kevin K. W. Cheung, Višnjica Vučetić, Paul Fox-Hughes, Kristian Horvath, Maja Telišman Prtenjak, Paul J. Beggs, Barbara Malečić, and Velimir Milić

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One of the most severe and impactful urban wildfire events in Croatian history has been reconstructed and analyzed. The study identified some important meteorological influences related to the event: the synoptic conditions of the Azores anticyclone, cold front, and upper-level shortwave trough all led to the highest fire weather index in 2017. A low-level jet, locally known as bura wind that can be explained by hydraulic jump theory, was the dynamic trigger of the event.
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