Applied Sciences Team project informs decision makers with fire season forecast

SERVIR Applied Sciences Team (AST) member for SERVIR-Amazonia, Doug Morton, shares the state of the science regarding the upcoming Fire Season in Amazonia in a new NASA article. Morton leads one of the four AST projects in SERVIR-Amazonia. Each of these projects is developed in collaboration with the SERVIR hub. His project “Forecasting seasonal to sub-seasonal fire and agricultural risk from drought in Amazonia” is producing valuable information to inform decisions makers about fire potential for this year, which is high due to expected dry conditions for this fire season.

SERVIR-Amazonia also organized a webinar at the end of June to share information about the upcoming fire season, where Morton’s Co-I, Niels Andela, along with Katia Fernandes from University of Arkansas and Matt Finer from MAAP shared findings related to fires and their association with recent deforestation, and the appropriate climatic conditions with high potential for fires this year, with decision makers and stakeholders in the region.