scholarly journals Anomalies of the Austrian Forest Fire Regime in Comparison with Other Alpine Countries: A Research Note

Forests ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 903-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mortimer Müller ◽  
Harald Vacik ◽  
Eva Valese
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Fire Regime ◽  
Research Note

scholarly journals Spatial and Temporal Analysis of El Niño Impact on Land and Forest Fire in Kalimantan and Sumatra

Agromet ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Sri Nurdiati ◽  
Ardhasena Sopaheluwakan ◽  
Pandu Septiawan
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
El Niño ◽  
Fire Regime ◽  
El Nino ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Patterns ◽  
El Niño Event ◽  
Dry Spell ◽  
The Impact

Land and forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra, Indonesia occurred annually at different magnitude and duration. Climate and sea interaction, like El Niño, influences the severity of dry seasons preceding the fires. However, research on the influence of El Niño intensity to fire regime in Kalimantan and Sumatra is limited. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the spatial and temporal patterns of the effects of El Niño intensity on land and forest fires in fire-prone provinces in Indonesia. Here, we applied the empirical orthogonal function analysis based on singular value decomposition to determine the dominant patterns of hotspots and rainfall data that evolve spatially and temporally. For analysis, the study required the following data: fire hotspots, dry-spell, and rainfall for period 2001-2019. This study revealed that El Niño intensity had a different impacts for each province. Generally, El Niño will influence the severity of forest fire events in Indonesia. However, we found that the impact of El Niño intensity varied for Kalimantan, South Sumatra, and Riau Province. Kalimantan was the most sensitive province to the El Niño event. The duration and number of hotspots in Kalimantan increased significantly even in moderate El Niño event. This was different for South Sumatra, where the duration and number of hotspots only increased significantly when a strong El Niño event occurred.

scholarly journals Das Konzept «Waldbrand 2020» des Kantons Tessin

2019 ◽  
Vol 170 (5) ◽  
pp. 242-250
Author(s):  
Aron Ghiringhelli ◽  
Gianni Boris Pezzatti ◽  
Marco Conedera
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Forest Restoration ◽  
Fire Regime ◽  
Forest Service ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Fire Control ◽  
Burnt Area ◽  
Forest Protection ◽  
Forest Fire Management

The “forest fire 2020” program of Canton Ticino The Canton of Ticino has a long-lasting experience in facing forest fires. As a result, a tradition in forest fire documentation and analysis exists and the forest fire management approach is continuously reviewed and improved with the aim to preserve the forest protection functions and to keep the mountain areas safe for the inhabitants. The fire regime has been reduced in Ticino since the seventies of last century thanks to improvement of the firefighting organization and fire control techniques (e.g. systematic use of helicopters for the aerial fire control) and the possibility of declaring a total fire ban in the open. However the demand in terms of protection of human lives and goods of the modern society is raising and as consequence of the climate change fire risk may increase in the future. For this reason two years ago the forest service of Canton Ticino developed the “forest fire 2020” program, in collaboration with the cantonal fire brigades association and the federal research Institute WSL. The program consists of four interdependent activity modules, which are 1) prevention, 2) organizational and technical measures, 3) firefighting and control, 4) burnt area restoration. The forest service is responsible for the fire-danger rating, the fire-ban release, the mentoring of local authorities in forest management questions and for planning pre-suppression facilities (e.g. water points for helicopters). It is also responsible for defining the mission rules for aerial firefighting, for collecting the data for the statistics, and for planning the post-fire forest restoration measures. The fire brigades are in charge of the firefighting tasks, by first intervening with the urban fire brigades and in case of need requiring the support of specialized forest-fire brigades. During the firefighting actions the forest service takes a consulting role. The first two years of implementation confirmed the suitability of the “forest fire 2020” program. Potential improvements have been however detected and are under implementation, such as the completion of the pre-suppression infrastructures, a better coordination between aerial and terrestrial firefighting and the strengthening of the specialized forest-fire brigades.

scholarly journals Changes of forest fire regime and landscape pattern under different harvesting modes in a boreal forest of Northeast China

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 841-851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongwei Chen ◽  
Yuanman Hu ◽  
Yu Chang ◽  
Rencang Bu ◽  
Yuehui Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Forest Fire ◽  
Landscape Pattern ◽  
Northeast China ◽  
Fire Regime

scholarly journals Environmental Influences on Forest Fire Regime in the Greater Hinggan Mountains, Northeast China

Forests ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Fan ◽  
Cuizhen Wang ◽  
Dongyou Zhang ◽  
Shuying Zang
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Northeast China ◽  
Fire Regime ◽  
Environmental Influences

scholarly journals Analysis of forest fire and climate variability using Geospatial Technology for the State of Telangana, India

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Firoz Ahmad ◽  
Laxmi Goparaju
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Wind Velocity ◽  
Forest Fire ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Fire Regime ◽  
Fire Frequency ◽  
The State ◽  
Maximum Temperature ◽  
Hotspot Analysis

Abstract The dynamic changes in the regimes of forest fires are due to the severity of climate and weather factors. The aim of the study was to examine the trend of forest fires and to evaluate their relationship with climate parameters for the state of Telangana in India. The climate and forest fire data were used and uploaded to the GIS platform in a specified vector grid (spacing: 0.3° x 0.3°). The data were evaluated spatially and statistical methods were applied to examine any relationships. The study revealed that there was a 78% incidence of forest fires in the months of February and March. The overall forest fire hotspot analysis (January to June) of grids revealed that the seven highest forest fire grids retain fire events greater than 600 were found in the north east of Warangal, east of Khammam and south east of Mahbubnagar districts. The forest fire analysis significantly followed the month wise pattern in grid format. Ten grids (in count) showed a fire frequency greater than 240 in the month of March and of these, three grids (in count) were found to be common where the forest fire frequency was highest in the preceding month. Rapid seasonal climate/weather changes were observed which significantly enhanced the forest fire events in the month of February onwards. The solar radiation increased to 159% in the month of March when compared with the preceding month whereas the relative humidity decreased to 47% in the same month. Furthermore, the wind velocity was found to be highest (3.5 meter/sec.) in the month of February and precipitation was found to be lowest (2.9 mm) in the same month. The analysis of Cramer V coefficient (CVC) values for wind velocity, maximum temperature, solar radiation, relative humidity and precipitation with respect to fire incidence were found to be in increasing order and were in the range of 0.280 to 0.715. The CVC value for precipitation was found to be highest and equivalent to 0.715 and showed its strongest association/relationship with fire events. The significant increase in precipitation not only enhances the moisture in the soil but also in the dry fuel load lying on the forest floor which greatly reduces the fuel burning capacity of the forest. The predicted (2050) temperature anomalies data (RCP-6) for the month of February and March also showed a significant increase in temperature over those areas where forest fire events are found to be notably high in the present scenario which will certainly impact adversely on the future forest fire regime. Findings from this study have their own significance because such analyses/relationships have never be examined at the state level, therefore, it can help to fulfill the knowledge gap for the scientific community and the state forest department, and support fire prevention and control activities. There is a need to replicate this study in future by taking more climate variables which will certainly give a better understanding of forest fire events and their relationships with various parameters. The satellite remote sensing data and GIS have a strong potential to analyze various thematic datasets and in the visualization of spatial/temporal paradigms and thus significantly support the policy making framework.

scholarly journals Effects of Forest Fire on the Regeneration Potentials of Tree Species in Olokemeji Forest Reserve, Ogun State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 921-926
Author(s):  
A.J. Oloketuyi ◽  
O.T. Adeoye ◽  
O.A. Aina-Oduntan ◽  
I.E. Odiaka ◽  
O.S. Afolabi
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Fire Regime ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Tree Height ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Regeneration Potential ◽  
Forest Reserve ◽  
Ogun State

Effects of forest fire on the regeneration potential of trees at Olokemeji Forest Reserve was established in this study. The Olokemeji fire experimental plot was selected at the reserve. The site was divided into three plots; late fire treatment was applied to Plot A, Early fire treatment was also applied to Plot B and no fire treatment at plot C (Control plot). The diameter at breast height (dbh) and tree height (m) of the tree species in the plots were assessed prior and post fire treatment. The regeneration potential of the selected plots after burning were assessed through the occurrence of saplings and seedlings obtained. The highest basal area (m2) were found in plot C followed by plot B and Plot C with mean value of 0.64, 0.55 and 0.30 m2 respectively. The number of stems per plot ranged from 25 to 67. The regeneration potentials of the three plots were found to be noteworthy. Early and late year fire regime adopted had both positive and negative effect on the regeneration potentials of tree species. This study has established the effect and relevance of fire on forest and wildlife management. It’s therefore recommended in this study that Prescribed or controlled burning should be encouraged as appropriate sivilcultural management tool for stimulating basal area growth, natural regeneration, production of tree species seedlings and saplings.

scholarly journals Le régime des incendies de forêt en Valais: influences climatiques et anthropiques | Forest fire regimes in Valais: climatic and human influences

2010 ◽  
Vol 161 (11) ◽  
pp. 442-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Zumbrunnen ◽  
Matthias Bürgi ◽  
Harald Bugmann
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Fire Regime ◽  
Fire Regimes ◽  
Combustible Material ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Before And After ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Alps ◽  
In Fire

Forest fire regimes are particularly sensitive to variations in the climate and to human influences. In the Alps both the manner in which the land is used and climatic changes, in particular rises in temperature and the frequency of drought periods, are probably going to bring about considerable modifications in fire regimes. The history of these fires in Valais in the 20th century is however still little known, as is the influence of the different determining factors. From a study of documentary archives we have therefore reconstituted the history of forest fires in Valais from 1904 to 2008. We then tried to establish whether or not the fire regime had evolved during this time by comparing descriptive statistics from the first and the second halves of the period under study. By means of correlation analyses we could then find what factors had a significant influence on the occurrence of fires. What emerges is that forest fire activity moved towards the plain in the course of the 20 century, probably on account of the increase in population density at lower altitudes. The seasonality of the fires also evolved: there was an outbreak of fires in the spring during the second half of the period under study, whereas in the first half fires mostly occurred in summer. On the other hand the frequency of the fires and the surface area burned annually did not differ significantly in the periods before and after 1955. As for the balance between factors determining the frequency of fires and the surface burned annually, there has been a modification in the period under study. Although drought was a decisive factor in the first decades of the 20 century, afterwards it seems to have declined in importance, being supplanted by other factors, notably the availability of combustible material. The fact that at present the forest fire regime is apparently regulated by factors other than the climate means it is possible to envisage concrete measures in order to limit fire risks.

scholarly journals The forest fire regime in Latvia during 1922–2014

Silva Fennica ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janis Donis ◽  
Mara Kitenberga ◽  
Guntars Snepsts ◽  
Roberts Matisons ◽  
Juris Zarins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fire ◽  
Fire Regime
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