NRT Product Available since Feb 2010
Rural fires are common events in ecosystems characterized by oscillations between rainy and drought periods, which inevitably lead to high levels of vegetation stress and to the accumulation of fuels during the dry phase. This is particularly true in Mediterranean region, where rainy and mild winters are followed by warm and dry summers. Meteorological factors play a crucial role in the setting and spreading of wildfire and are an important factor in the resulting fire severity. Fire risk indices may be based on single or combined use of meteorological observations, weather forecast model outputs and remote sensing estimations. The latter are particularly useful to identify pre-fire indicators (e.g. signals of vegetation stress), which merged with meteorological parameters may lead to the formulation of indicators of fire risk.
Product Documentation
This operational product is documented in the following documents:
Please see Product Peer-Review publications in References.
The use of LSA SAF products in publications is kindly requested to be duly acknowledged:
FRM was provided by the EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Land Surface Analysis (LSA SAF; Trigo et al., 2011)
http://lsa-saf.eumetsat.int
Trigo, I. F., C. C. DaCamara, P. Viterbo, J.-L. Roujean, F. Olesen, C. Barroso, F. Camacho-de Coca, D. Carrer, S. C. Freitas, J. García-Haro, B. Geiger, F. Gellens-Meulenberghs, N. Ghilain, J. Meliá, L. Pessanha, N. Siljamo, and A. Arboleda, 2011: The Satellite Application Facility on Land Surface Analysis. Int. J. Remote Sens., 32, 2725-2744, doi: 10.1080/01431161003743199
van Wagner, C.E., 1987: Development and structure of the Canadian Forest Fire Index System. Canadian Forestry Service, Ottawa, Ontario, Forestry Technical Report 35, 37 pp.