Wildfire danger

A spatially explicit containment modelling approach for escaped wildfires in a Mediterranean climate using machine learning
Wildfires are particularly prevalent in the Mediterranean, being expected to increase in frequency due to the expected increase in …
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VPD based models of dead fine fuel moisture provide best estimates in a global dataset
Dead fine fuel moisture content (FM) is one of the most important determinants of fire behavior. Fire scientists have attempted to …
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An empirical assessment of the potential of post-fire recovery of tree-forest communities in Mediterranean environments
The accumulation of fuel and the homogenization of the landscape in Mediterranean forests are leading to an increasingly hazardous …
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Drivers and implications of the extreme 2022 wildfire season in Southwest Europe
Wildfire is a common phenomenon in Mediterranean countries but the 2022 fire season has been extreme in southwest Europe (Portugal, …
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Climate teleconnections modulate global burned area
Climate teleconnections (CT) remotely influence weather conditions in many regions on Earth, entailing changes in primary drivers of …
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Modeling the daily probability of lightning-caused ignition in the Iberian Peninsula
Lightning is the most common origin of natural fires, being strongly linked to specific synoptic conditions associated with atmospheric …
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High-resolution modeling of lightning ignition likelihood in Spain
Lightning‐caused fires are comparatively rare in Europe, but they may affect remote forested areas and result in large‐scale burnings. …
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