Forest Fire Risk Prediction

• Other Authors: Nolan, Rachael (Editor), Resco de Dios, Víctor (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Forestry & related industries; fire danger rating; fire management; fire regime; fire size; fire weather; Portugal; critical LFMC threshold; forest/grassland fire; radiative transfer model; remote sensing; southwest China; acid rain; aerosol; biomass burning; forest fire; PM2.5; direct estimation; meteorological factor regression; moisture content; time lag; forest fire driving factors; forest fire occurrence; random forest; forest fire management; China; Cupressus sempervirens; fire risk; fuels; fuel moisture content; mass loss calorimeter; Seiridium cardinale; vulnerability to wildfires; disease; alien pathogen; allochthonous species; introduced fungus; drying tests; humidity diffusion coefficients; wildfire; prescribed burning; modeling; drought; flammability; fuel moisture; leaf water potential; plant traits; climate change; MNI; fire season; fire behavior; crown fire; fire modeling; senescence; foliar moisture content; canopy bulk density; fire danger; fire weather patterns; RCP; FWI system; SSR; occurrence of forest fire; machine learning; variable importance; prediction accuracy; epicormic resprouter; eucalyptus; fire severity; flammability feedbacks; temperate forest; n/a
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Globally, fire regimes are being altered by changing climatic conditions and land use changes. This has the potential to drive species extinctions and cause ecosystem state changes, with a range of consequences for ecosystem services. Accurate prediction of the risk of forest fires over short timesc...