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01 Feb 2023
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Characterizing the rate of spread of large wildfires in emerging fire environments of northwestern Europe using Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite active fire data
Adrián Cardíl
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Research and Development Department, Tecnosylva, Parque Tecnológico de León, 24004 León, Spain
Joint Research Unit CTFC–AGROTECNIO–CERCA, 25280 Solsona, Spain
Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida, 25198 Lleida, Spain
Victor M. Tapia
Research and Development Department, Tecnosylva, Parque Tecnológico de León, 24004 León, Spain
Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida, 25198 Lleida, Spain
Santiago Monedero
Research and Development Department, Tecnosylva, Parque Tecnológico de León, 24004 León, Spain
Tomás Quiñones
Research and Development Department, Tecnosylva, Parque Tecnológico de León, 24004 León, Spain
Kerryn Little
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT Birmingham, UK
Cathelijne R. Stoof
Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
Joaquín Ramirez
Research and Development Department, Tecnosylva, Parque Tecnológico de León, 24004 León, Spain
Sergio de-Miguel
Joint Research Unit CTFC–AGROTECNIO–CERCA, 25280 Solsona, Spain
Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida, 25198 Lleida, Spain
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This study aims to unravel large-fire behavior in northwest Europe, a temperate region with a projected increase in wildfire risk. We propose a new method to identify wildfire rate of spread from satellites because it is important to know periods of elevated fire risk for suppression methods and land management. Results indicate that there is a peak in the area burned and rate of spread in the months of March and April, and there are significant differences for forest-type land covers.
This study aims to unravel large-fire behavior in northwest Europe, a temperate region with a...
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