A review of recent advances in risk analysis for wildfire management
Risk analysis evolved out of the need to make decisions concerning highly stochastic
events, and is well suited to analyse the timing, location and potential effects of wildfires …
events, and is well suited to analyse the timing, location and potential effects of wildfires …
Uncertainty and risk in wildland fire management: a review
MP Thompson, DE Calkin - Journal of environmental management, 2011 - Elsevier
Wildland fire management is subject to manifold sources of uncertainty. Beyond the
unpredictability of wildfire behavior, uncertainty stems from inaccurate/missing data, limited …
unpredictability of wildfire behavior, uncertainty stems from inaccurate/missing data, limited …
Climate change and disruptions to global fire activity
Future disruptions to fire activity will threaten ecosystems and human well‐being throughout
the world, yet there are few fire projections at global scales and almost none from a broad …
the world, yet there are few fire projections at global scales and almost none from a broad …
A simulation of probabilistic wildfire risk components for the continental United States
This simulation research was conducted in order to develop a large-fire risk assessment
system for the contiguous land area of the United States. The modeling system was applied …
system for the contiguous land area of the United States. The modeling system was applied …
A comparison of landscape fuel treatment strategies to mitigate wildland fire risk in the urban interface and preserve old forest structure
We simulated fuel reduction treatments on a 16,000 ha study area in Oregon, US, to
examine tradeoffs between placing fuel treatments near residential structures within an …
examine tradeoffs between placing fuel treatments near residential structures within an …
Spatial variability in wildfire probability across the western United States
MA Parisien, S Snetsinger, JA Greenberg… - … Journal of Wildland …, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Despite growing knowledge of fire–environment linkages in the western USA, obtaining
reliable estimates of relative wildfire likelihood remains a work in progress. The purpose of …
reliable estimates of relative wildfire likelihood remains a work in progress. The purpose of …
Wildfire risk estimation in the Mediterranean area
AA Ager, HK Preisler, B Arca, D Spano… - Environmetrics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
We analyzed wildland fire occurrence and size data from Sardinia, Italy, and Corsica,
France, to examine spatiotemporal patterns of fire occurrence in relation to weather, land …
France, to examine spatiotemporal patterns of fire occurrence in relation to weather, land …
A spatial database of wildfires in the United States, 1992-2011
KC Short - Earth System Science Data, 2014 - essd.copernicus.org
The statistical analysis of wildfire activity is a critical component of national wildfire planning,
operations, and research in the United States (US). However, there are multiple federal …
operations, and research in the United States (US). However, there are multiple federal …
The relationship of large fire occurrence with drought and fire danger indices in the western USA, 1984–2008: the role of temporal scale
The relationship between large fire occurrence and drought has important implications for
fire prediction under current and future climates. This study's primary objective was to …
fire prediction under current and future climates. This study's primary objective was to …
[HTML][HTML] The potential predictability of fire danger provided by numerical weather prediction
F Di Giuseppe, F Pappenberger… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Baines, PG, and TN Palmer, 1990: Rationale for a new physically-based parametrization of
subgrid scale orographic effects. ECMWF Tech. Memo. 169, 11 pp.[Available online at …
subgrid scale orographic effects. ECMWF Tech. Memo. 169, 11 pp.[Available online at …