Earth Observation of Wildland Fires in Mediterranean Ecosystems

Earth Observation of Wildland Fires in Mediterranean Ecosystems
Author: Emilio Chuvieco
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2009-09-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642017541

Wildland fires are becoming one of the most critical environmental factors affecting a wide range of ecosystems worldwide. In Mediterranean ecosystems (including also South-Africa, California, parts of Chile and Australia), wildland fires are recurrent phenomena every summer, following the seasonal drought. As a result of changes in traditional land use practices, and the impact of recent climate warming, fires have more negative impacts in the last years, threatening lives, socio-economic and ecological values. The book describes the ecological context of fires in the Mediterranean ecosystems, and provides methods to observe fire danger conditions and fire impacts using Earth Observation and Geographic Information System technologies.

Wildland Fire, Forest Dynamics, and Their Interactions

Wildland Fire, Forest Dynamics, and Their Interactions
Author: Marc-André Parisien
Publisher: MDPI
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2018-08-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3038970999

This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Wildland Fire, Forest Dynamics, and Their Interactions" that was published in Forests

Wildland Fire Danger Estimation And Mapping: The Role Of Remote Sensing Data

Wildland Fire Danger Estimation And Mapping: The Role Of Remote Sensing Data
Author: Emilio Chuvieco
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2003-09-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 981448525X

The book presents a wide range of techniques for extracting information from satellite remote sensing images in forest fire danger assessment. It covers the main concepts involved in fire danger rating, and analyses the inputs derived from remotely sensed data for mapping fire danger at both the local and global scale. The questions addressed concern the estimation of fuel moisture content, the description of fuel structural properties, the estimation of meteorological danger indices, the analysis of human factors associated with fire ignition, and the integration of different risk factors in a geographic information system for fire danger management.