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Comparison of fire danger indices in the Mediterranean for present day conditions
iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2012 This paper assesses the ability of two forest fire danger indices to estimate fire danger and to define the beginning and the end of fire season. Two indices are studied: the Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI) and the Finnish Forest Fire Index (FFI).
Giannakopoulos C +6 more
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Atmosphere, 2022 At the beginning of August 2018, Portugal experienced a severe heat episode over a few days that consequently increased the probability of wildfire events.
Rita Durão +2 more
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Remote Sensing, 2019 Forest fires are natural disasters that create a significant risk to the communities living in the vicinity of forested landscape. To minimize the risk of forest fires for the resilience of such urban communities and forested ecosystems, we proposed a ...
M. Razu Ahmed +3 more
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Attributing Increases in Fire Weather to Anthropogenic Climate Change Over France
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 Anthropogenic climate change is widely thought to have enhanced fire danger across parts of the world, including Mediterranean regions through increased evaporative demand and diminished precipitation during the fire season.
Renaud Barbero +5 more
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Forest Fires in Europe 2010 [PDF]
, 2011 This is the 11th “Forest Fires in Europe” report published by the European Commission. The report contains a summary of the 2010 fire season in Europe, with official statistics on number of fires and burned areas compiled by the contributing countries ...
BOCA Roberto +10 more
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The Remote Sensing Method of Forest Fire Danger Rating Categorization
Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2004 The article presents the use of satellite images in the determination of forest fire danger rating categories. The assessment was carried out based on images from the LANDSAT TM, IKONOS and NOAA satellites, with the finding that the LANDSAT TM images are
Mycke-Dominko Małgorzata
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Temporal variations and change in forest fire danger in Europe for 1960–2012 [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2014 Understanding how fire weather danger indices changed in the past and how such changes affected forest fire activity is important in a changing climate.
A. Venäläinen +6 more
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Analisis Perilaku Indeks Kekeringan di Wilayah Rentan Kebakaran, Sumatra Selatanbehavior Analysis Of Drought Index In Fire-prone Region Of South Sumatra [PDF]
, 2010 Climate dynamics has a vital role in changing upper soil moisture that influences drought period and occurence especially for fire-prone region in South Sumatra Indonesia.
Taufik, M. (Muh)
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Climatic Change, 2022 The impacts of wildfires are increasing in the Mediterranean Basin due to more extreme fire seasons featuring increasingly fast and high-intensity fires, which often overwhelm the response capacity of fire suppression forces.
B. Aparício +5 more
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Forest Fires in Europe Middle East and North Africa 2013 [PDF]
, 2014 This is the 14th “Forest Fires in Europe” report published by the European Commission. The report contains a summary of the 2013 fire season in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa with official statistics on the number of fires and burnt areas ...
BOCA Roberto +10 more
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