Lightning-induced wildfires: An overview

Y Song, C Xu, X Li, F Oppong - Fire, 2024 - mdpi.com
Wildfire causes environmental, economic, and human problems or losses. This study
reviewed wildfires induced by lightning strikes. This review focuses on the investigations of …

Influence of fuel moisture content on the burning of cistus shrubs exposed to a low-intensity fire

C Luciani, V Tihay-Felicelli, B Martinent, PA Santoni… - Fire Safety Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to investigate experimentally the influence of fuel moisture content
on the fire behaviour of Cistus monspeliensis, when exposed to a fire front spreading across …

How well do meteorological drought indices predict live fuel moisture content (LFMC)? An assessment for wildfire research and operations in Mediterranean …

J Ruffault, N Martin-StPaul, F Pimont… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Live Fuel Moisture Content (LFMC) is a critical variable affecting fire ignition,
behavior and severity in many ecosystems. Although the use of meteorological drought …

[HTML][HTML] PROPAGATOR: An Operational Cellular-Automata Based Wildfire Simulator

A Trucchia, M D'Andrea, F Baghino, P Fiorucci… - Fire, 2020 - mdpi.com
PROPAGATOR is a stochastic cellular automaton model for forest fire spread simulation,
conceived as a rapid method for fire risk assessment. The model uses high-resolution …

SPITFIRE within the MPI E arth system model: M odel development and evaluation

G Lasslop, K Thonicke, S Kloster - Journal of Advances in …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Quantification of the role of fire within the Earth system requires an adequate representation
of fire as a climate‐controlled process within an Earth system model. To be able to address …

Are the applications of wildland fire behaviour models getting ahead of their evaluation again?

ME Alexander, MG Cruz - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2013 - Elsevier
Evaluation is a crucial component for model credibility and acceptance by researchers and
resource managers. The nature and characteristics of free-burning wildland fires pose …

Seed moisture content as a primary trait regulating the lethal temperature thresholds of seeds

R Tangney, DJ Merritt, JB Fontaine… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Fire has long shaped biological responses of plants and plant communities in many
ecosystems; yet, uncontrolled wildfire frequently puts people and infrastructure at risk. Fuel …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating live fuel moisture content estimation in fire-prone shrubland from remote sensing using empirical modelling and RTM simulations

E Marino, M Yebra, M Guillén-Climent, N Algeet… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Previous research has demonstrated that remote sensing can provide spectral information
related to vegetation moisture variations essential for estimating live fuel moisture content …

The effect of fuel moisture content on the spread rate of forest fires in the absence of wind or slope

CG Rossa - International journal of wildland fire, 2017 - CSIRO Publishing
Most studies on the effect of fuel moisture content (FMC) on forest fire behaviour focus on
dead fuel moisture; mechanisms of fire spread in live vegetation are considered to remain …

Got to burn to learn: the effect of fuel load on grassland fire behaviour and its management implications

MG Cruz, AL Sullivan, JS Gould… - … Journal of Wildland …, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
The effect of grass fuel load on fire behaviour and fire danger has been a contentious issue
for some time in Australia. Existing operational models have placed different emphases on …