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Fire in paradise: mesoscale simulation of wildfires [PDF]
, 2021 Resulting from changing climatic conditions, wildfires have become an existential threat across various countries around the world. The complex dynamics paired with their often rapid progression renders wildfires an often disastrous natural phenomenon ...
Banuti, Daniel T. +4 more
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, 2022 Python code to deal with temperature estimation from PRISMA data, accoridng to the methodology presented in the paper: S. Amici, D. Spiller, L. Ansalone, L. Miller, Wildfires Temperature Estimation by Complementary Use of Hyperspectral PRISMA and Thermal(
Spiller, Dario +3 more
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, 2020 This package facilitates the analysis of global gridded data. Iris is used internally to manage data and custom Dask algorithms enable efficient scaling of algorithms (including some from scikit-learn) across a cluster.
Kuhn-Regnier, Alexander +1 more
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Wildfires in the Cape floristic region : exploring vegetation and weather as drivers of fire frequency [PDF]
, 2009 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-76).This study assessed the spatial and temporal patterns of wildfires in the Cape Floristic Region (CFR). It focused on the factors that influence fire frequency; namely vegetation age, ignition sources and
Southey, Diane
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Are drought and wildfires turning Mediterranean cork oak forests into persistent shrublands? [PDF]
, 2009 In the Iberian Peninsula Mediterranean oak forests have been transformed into a mosaic landscape of four main patch-types: forests, savannas, shrublands and grasslands.
Holmgren, M. +4 more
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Oak Persistence in Mediterranean Landscapes: The Combined Role of Management, Topography, and Wildfires [PDF]
, 2010 Mediterranean ecosystems have been shaped by a history of human and ecological disturbances. Understanding the dynamics of these social-ecological systems requires an understanding of how human and ecological factors interact.
Vanda Acácio +7 more
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Temporary Programs, Lasting Questions: Ad Hoc Assistance in the U.S. Farm Safety Net
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Large ad hoc assistance programs have returned to U.S. farm policy since 2017, operating alongside a more developed safety net built around federally subsidized crop insurance, Title I commodity programs, and standing disaster assistance. This paper reviews the renewed use of ad hoc assistance, documents its recent scale using USDA data, and ...
Alejandro Plastina +1 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farmers markets provide a direct‐to‐consumer marketing path for farmers and small businesses, facilitating customer discovery and product refinement. This paper explores farmers markets as a business incubator, with a focus on beginning vendors and resilience to a shock, namely, COVID‐19 market restrictions.
Mallory L. Rahe +2 more
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, 2018 Oral history interview documenting the impact of the wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains that occurred in 2016 November near Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg ...
Lindbert, Courtney, Scott, Jacquelyn
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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