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The impact of meteorological conditions on fire activity in Mediterranean Europe |
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Malik Amraoui, Margarida L. R. Liberato, Teresa J. Calado, Carlos C. C. Dacamara, Luis Pinto Coelho, Ricardo M. Trigo |
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EGU General Assembly 2011
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Englisch
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PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 13 (2011) |
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250056783
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Mediterranean regions are some of the most affected by wildfires and information about fire activity, as provided by the SEVIRI instrument on-board Meteosat-8, appears especially appealing to monitor and investigate fire activity.
An analysis is performed on the spatial distribution of fire events during the period of July and August 2007-2009. An assessment of the role of meteorological conditions on large fire events is also carried out by studying two extreme events, respectively on July 24-25 and August 22-27, 2007.
Structural similarities were found between the two episodes and a conceptual model is proposed for meteorological conditions strongly favouring the occurrence of severe wildfire episodes in Italy and the Balkan Peninsula.
The importance of both short- and long-term atmospheric conditions on meteorological fire risk is also put into evidence by analysing the fields of three weather-based indices, namely the Build-Up Index, the Initial Spread Index and the Fire Weather Index that are part of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System. |
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