Interesting question that I don't have an answer for. Given there's less than 40 years of data, the risk of any single explanation "overfitting" is high.
For a boots on the ground view of the Canadian boreal fires of 8 years past, read Vaillant's great Fire Season book that came out last year. It's stunning.
What explains the 10 year cycle of highest wildfire activity shown in Fig 1. ?
Interesting question that I don't have an answer for. Given there's less than 40 years of data, the risk of any single explanation "overfitting" is high.
Very high!
For a boots on the ground view of the Canadian boreal fires of 8 years past, read Vaillant's great Fire Season book that came out last year. It's stunning.