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oa Improved Fire Weather Index Assessment Based on the Satellite Weather Data and Soil Moisture Deficit
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 16th International Conference Monitoring of Geological Processes and Ecological Condition of the Environment, Nov 2022, Volume 2022, p.1 - 5
Abstract
Summary
The method of fire danger assessment using an improved Fire Weather Index is proposed. A modification of FWI method involves utilization of the soil moisture deficit, in addition to the six components (subindices) of the FWI system, which are predictors of daily potential fire. In order to calculate the subindices values weather data are downloaded from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service. Soil moisture deficit is calculated using Sentinel-1 radar satellite data on water saturation degree of soil surface layer and geospatial parameters from 3D Soil Hydraulic Database of Europe.
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