Fire activity over Mediterranean Europe based on information from Meteosat-8

► We study fire activity over Mediterranean Europe based on data from Meteosat-8. ► We assess the role played by land cover and by weather conditions on fire events. ► The vast majority of persistent fire events occur in forest and shrub. ► We propose a conceptual model for weather conditions favour...

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Published in:	Forest ecology and management Vol. 294; pp. 62 - 75
Main Authors:	Amraoui, Malik, Liberato, Margarida L.R., Calado, Teresa J., DaCamara, Carlos C., Coelho, Luís Pinto, Trigo, Ricardo M., Gouveia, Célia M.
Format:	Journal Article Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier B.V 15.04.2013 Elsevier
Subjects:	Active fires agricultural land air Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Asia atmospheric circulation Atmospherics Biological and medical sciences Climatology Fire meteorology fire spread fire weather Fire Weather Index Fires forest fires Forestry Forests Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Greece Italy land cover Mediterranean region Meteosat-8 Northwest relative humidity Ridges risk shrubs subsidence Synecology temperature Terrestrial ecosystems Vegetation–weather–wildfire interactions Weather Wildfires wildland fire use wind Europe MED, Italy INW, Asia MED, Greece Europe, Balkan Peninsula Europe, Mediterranean Region MED, Eastern Mediterranean Greece Italy Mediterranean region Asia Meteosat-8 Fire Weather Index Vegetation–weather–wildfire interactions Active fires Fire meteorology Artificial satellite Interaction Forest ecology Index Physical environment Weather Wildfire Vegetation-weather-wildfire interactions Fire ecology Meteorological satellite Forestry Vegetation Vegetation fire Mediterranean region Meteorology
ISSN:	0378-1127, 1872-7042
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