Shared Arctic Variables: A Perspective-Driven Approach to Wildfire Management in the Arctic Region

The WDS-ITO is proud to support the SAON ROADS initiative by conducting a literature review to highlight a subset of variables that are of importance to Arctic rightsholders in the context of wildfires on local, regional, and global scales and can be linked to existing observing assets. In particular, the purpose of this document is to aid the participants of two expert panels (EPs) in their deliberations on the theme of wildfires under the SAV framework. This will be done by synthesizing a selected set of Earth Observation (EO) assets, identifying how collected variables can be used to influence our understanding of wildfire events, and recognizing key rightsholders involved in the collection of data. This document will also draw comparisons between various essential variables frameworks and a sample of observing networks/assets. The EPs are in the early stages of explicitly defining Shared Arctic Variables that relate to proposed themes, meaning that this document may act as a ‘starting point’ for expert panelists in the future.