A geospatial analysis of climate variability and its impact on forest fire: a case study in Orissa state of India

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 587-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Firoz Ahmad ◽  
Laxmi Goparaju
Keyword(s):  
Climate Variability ◽  
Forest Fire ◽  
Geospatial Analysis

A case study on fractal simulation of forest fire spread

2000 ◽  
Vol 43 (S1) ◽  
pp. 104-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qijiang Zhu ◽  
Taizong Rong ◽  
Rui Sun
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Fire Spread ◽  
Fractal Simulation

scholarly journals Forest fire danger rating in complex topography – results from a case study in the Bavarian Alps in autumn 2011

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 2157-2167 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Schunk ◽  
C. Wastl ◽  
M. Leuchner ◽  
C. Schuster ◽  
A. Menzel
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Temperature Inversion ◽  
Fire Danger ◽  
Complex Topography ◽  
Pressure System ◽  
Drought Period ◽  
Bavarian Alps ◽  
Forest Fire Danger ◽  
Fire Danger Indices

Abstract. Forest fire danger rating based on sparse meteorological stations is known to be potentially misleading when assigned to larger areas of complex topography. This case study examines several fire danger indices based on data from two meteorological stations at different elevations during a major drought period. This drought was caused by a persistent high pressure system, inducing a pronounced temperature inversion and its associated thermal belt with much warmer, dryer conditions in intermediate elevations. Thus, a massive drying of fuels, leading to higher fire danger levels, and multiple fire occurrences at mid-slope positions were contrasted by moderate fire danger especially in the valleys. The ability of fire danger indices to resolve this situation was studied based on a comparison with the actual fire danger as determined from expert observations, fire occurrences and fuel moisture measurements. The results revealed that, during temperature inversion, differences in daily cycles of meteorological parameters influence fire danger and that these are not resolved by standard meteorological stations and fire danger indices (calculated on a once-a-day basis). Additional stations in higher locations or high-resolution meteorological models combined with fire danger indices accepting at least hourly input data may allow reasonable fire danger calculations under these circumstances.

scholarly journals Forest fire analysis and classification based on a Serbian case study

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tin Lukić ◽  
Predrag Marić ◽  
Ivana Hrnjak ◽  
Milivoj B. Gavrilov ◽  
Dragan Mladjan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire
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