FiDBosc recibe este agosto la visita de Antonio Ferraz, Mari Selkimäki, y Blas Mola.
Esta visita reforzara la ya fructífera colaboración entre FidBosc dichos los miembros de la UEF.
Visita de Blas Mola y Antonio Ferraz
Investigadores de la UEF (Joensuu, Finlandia) visitan FidBosc
FiDBosc recibe este agosto la visita de Antonio Ferraz, Mari Selkimäki, y Blas Mola.
FiDBosc recibe este agosto la visita de Antonio Ferraz, Mari Selkimäki, y Blas Mola.
New article: Mapping fire risk in the Model Forest of Urbión (Spain) based on airborne LiDAR measurements
NEW ARTICLE: Mapping fire risk in the Model Forest of Urbión (Spain) based on airborne LiDAR measurementsJosé Ramón González Olabarria has authored a new article in Forest Ecology and Management
Together with researchers from Cesefor, Agresta and UEF, the member of FiDBosc, has work in developing an integral methodology to assess the state of the forest (resource inventory and fire risk assesment) at landscape level. This methodology includes resource modelling, fuel modelling, and fire simulation, all based on data provided by airborne LiDAR.
NEW ARTICLE: Identifying location and causality of fire ignition hotspots
NEW ARTICLE: Identifying location and causality of fire ignition hotspots.
José Ramón González-Olabarria has led this study published in International Journal of Wildland Fire
Fire ignitions tend to be spatially aggregated depending on their causality. In highly populated regions, such as the northern Mediterranean basin, human activities are the main cause of ignitions. The ability to locate zones with an intense and recurrent history of fire occurrence and identify their specific cause can be helpful in the implementation of measures to reduce the problem.
In the present study, kernel methods, non-parametric statistical methods for estimating the spatial distribution of probabilities of point-based data, are used to define ignition hotspots based on historical records of fire ignitions in Catalonia for the period 1995–2006. Comparison of the cause of the ignitions within the area of the hotspots enabled analysis of the relation between the cause of the ignitions and the occurrence of hotspots.
The results obtained highlighted that the activity of arsonists showed strong spatial clustering, with the share of intentionally caused ignitions within the hotspot areas accounting for 60.1% of the fires, whereas for the whole of Catalonia they only represented 24.3%. The findings of the study provide an opportunity to optimally allocate law-enforcement and educational resources within hotspot areas.
Gonzalez- Olabarria, JR., Brotons, L. Gritten, D., Tudela, A. & Teres, J.A. 2012. Identifying location and causality of fire ignition hotspots in a Mediterranean region. International Journal of Wildland Fire, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF11039
José Ramón González-Olabarria has led this study published in International Journal of Wildland Fire
Fire ignitions tend to be spatially aggregated depending on their causality. In highly populated regions, such as the northern Mediterranean basin, human activities are the main cause of ignitions. The ability to locate zones with an intense and recurrent history of fire occurrence and identify their specific cause can be helpful in the implementation of measures to reduce the problem.
In the present study, kernel methods, non-parametric statistical methods for estimating the spatial distribution of probabilities of point-based data, are used to define ignition hotspots based on historical records of fire ignitions in Catalonia for the period 1995–2006. Comparison of the cause of the ignitions within the area of the hotspots enabled analysis of the relation between the cause of the ignitions and the occurrence of hotspots.
The results obtained highlighted that the activity of arsonists showed strong spatial clustering, with the share of intentionally caused ignitions within the hotspot areas accounting for 60.1% of the fires, whereas for the whole of Catalonia they only represented 24.3%. The findings of the study provide an opportunity to optimally allocate law-enforcement and educational resources within hotspot areas.
Gonzalez- Olabarria, JR., Brotons, L. Gritten, D., Tudela, A. & Teres, J.A. 2012. Identifying location and causality of fire ignition hotspots in a Mediterranean region. International Journal of Wildland Fire, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF11039
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