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September 30, 2025ISPRS International Journal of Geo-InformationOpen Access

Distribution, Dynamics and Drivers of Asian Active Fire Occurrences

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XGXu GaoWSWenzhong ShiMZMin Zhang

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Analysis explores active fire counts and their climatic and human-driven factors in Asia, highlighting key trends.

Key Points

  • A total of over 10 million active fires were analyzed, with Southeast Asia highlighted as the primary hotspot for fire occurrences.
  • Active fire counts showed a continental decline averaging 8716 fires per year, linked mainly to forest fire reduction initiatives.
  • Time series analysis revealed a connection between short-term fire count fluctuations and extreme climate events, like the 2015 El Niño.
  • Hydrometeorological factors were responsible for 58.1% of the variation in active fire counts, showing differing impacts in arid and humid areas.

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Gao et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68dc1e308a7d58c25ebb1600https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14090349
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