Hessl fire data from Terkhin Tsagaan Nuur West - IMPD MNTSW001 Hessl, A.E.; Brown, P.M.; Byambasuren, O.; Cockrell, S.W.; Leland, C.; Cook, E.R.; Nachin, B.; Pedersen, N.; Saladyga, T.; Suran, B.; James, J.; Byambasuren, B.; Soronzonbold, B.; Munkhbat, G. Hessl, A.E. Brown, P.M. Byambasuren, O. Cockrell, S.W. Leland, C. Cook, E.R. Nachin, B. Pedersen, N. Saladyga, T. Suran, B. James, J. Byambasuren, B. Soronzonbold, B. Munkhbat, G. LASI Larix sibirica Ledeb. = Larix russica (Endl.) Sabine ex Trautv. Siberian larch earth science/paleoclimate/fire history|tree ring (tree demographic and injury and fire event code,wood,null,null,null,fire history|tree ring,null,null,C,FHX2 data format; refer to IMPD documentation for description of codes) earth science/paleoclimate/fire history|tree ring (age,null,null,null,null,fire history|tree ring,null,null,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/fire history (Terkhin Tsagaan Nuur West>LATITUDE 48.09>LONGITUDE 99.62) Recent increases in wildland fire, warming temperatures, and land use change have coincided in many forested regions, making it difficult to parse causes of elevated fire activity. Here we use 20 multicentury fire scar chronologies (464 fire scar samples) from Mongolia to evaluate the role of climate forcing of fire in the context of livestock grazing and minimal fire suppression. We observe no change in fire return intervals post-1900; however, since the 1500s, periods of drought are coincident with more fire and shorter fire return intervals. We observe same year and some antecedent year effects of dought on fire, a pattern typical of semiarid forests elsewhere. During the instrumental period, drought remains an important drive of fire however, limited fire activity in recent decades may be due to the coincidence of drought and intensive grazing that have synergized to reduce fuel continuity and fire spread. NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Hessl, A.E. Investigator : Brown, P.M. Investigator : Byambasuren, O. Investigator : Cockrell, S.W. Investigator : Leland, C. Investigator : Cook, E.R. Investigator : Nachin, B. Investigator : Pedersen, N. Investigator : Saladyga, T. Investigator : Suran, B. Investigator : James, J. Investigator : Byambasuren, B. Investigator : Soronzonbold, B. Investigator : Munkhbat, G. 2017-08-01 ONLINE Files online, ASCII https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/22486 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/asia/mntsw001.fhx https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/asia/fire-hist-graphs/mntsw001-fire-hist-graph.pdf https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/asia/mntsw001.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/asia/fire-hist-graphs/mntsw001-fire-hist-graph.png https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/asia/mntsw001.fhx https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/asia/fire-hist-graphs/mntsw001-fire-hist-graph.pdf https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/asia/mntsw001.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/asia/fire-hist-graphs/mntsw001-fire-hist-graph.png English https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/22486 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/asia/mntsw001.fhx https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/asia/fire-hist-graphs/mntsw001-fire-hist-graph.pdf https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/asia/mntsw001.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/firehistory/firescar/asia/fire-hist-graphs/mntsw001-fire-hist-graph.png Hessl, A.E.; Brown, P.; Byambasuren,O.; Cockrell, S.; Leland, C.; Cook, E.; Nachin, B.; Pederson, N.; Saladyga, T.; Suran, B.2016Fire and climate in Mongolia (1532-2010 Common Era)Geophysical Research Letters4310.1002/2016gl069059 START YEAR: 1390 AD * END YEAR: 2010 AD 99.62 48.09 99.62 48.09