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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE
卷 25, 期 10, 页码 1015-1032出版社
CSIRO PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1071/WF15081
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ecosystems; fire management; fuel; modelling; propagation
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- European Union (EU) through FUME [243888]
- 'Modeling approach to evaluate fire risk and mitigation planning actions' (POR Sardegna FSE, Asse IV Capitale Umano, Linea di Attivita') [l.3.1]
The use of spatially explicit fire spread models to assess fire propagation and behaviour has several applications for fire management and research. We used the FARSITE simulator to predict the spread of a set of wildfires that occurred along an east-west gradient of the Euro-Mediterranean countries. The main purpose of this work was to evaluate the overall accuracy of the simulator and to quantify the effects of standard vs custom fuel models on fire simulation performance. We also analysed the effects of different fuel models and slope classes on the accuracy of FARSITE predictions. To run the simulations, several input layers describing each study area were acquired, and their effect on simulation outputs was analysed. Site-specific fuel models and canopy inputs were derived either from existing vegetation information and field sampling or through remote-sensing data. The custom fuel models produced an increase in simulation accuracy, and results were nearly unequivocal for all the case studies examined. We suggest that spatially explicit fire spread simulators and custom fuel models specifically developed for the heterogeneous landscapes of Mediterranean ecosystems can help improve fire hazard mapping and optimise fuel management practices across the Euro-Mediterranean region.
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