Comparison of methods for the assessment of fire danger in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://acta.mendelu.cz/media/pdf/actaun_2019067051285.pdf" target="_blank" >https://acta.mendelu.cz/media/pdf/actaun_2019067051285.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201967051285" target="_blank" >10.11118/actaun201967051285</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Comparison of methods for the assessment of fire danger in the Czech Republic

Original language description

The performance of fire indices based on weather variables was analyzed with a special focus on the Czech Republic. Three fire weather danger indices that are the basis of fire danger rating systems used in different parts of the world were assessed: the Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI), Australian Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI) and Finnish Forest Fire Index (FFI). The performance of the three fire danger indices was investigated at different scales and compared with actual fire events. First, the fire danger indices were analyzed for different land use types during the period 1956-2015. In addition, in the analysis, the three fire danger indices were compared with wildfire events during the period 2001-2015. The fire danger indices were also analyzed for the specific locality of the Bzenec area where a large forest fire event occurred in May 2012. The study also focused on the relationship between fire danger indices and forest fires during 2018 across the area of the Jihomoravský region. Comparison of the index values with real fires showed that the index values corresponded well with the occurrence of forest fires. The analysis of the year 2018 showed that the highest index values were reached on days with the greater fire occurrence. On days with 5 or 7 reported fires per day, the fire danger indices reached values between 3 and 4.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10510 - Climatic research

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000797" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000797: SustES - Adaptation strategies for sustainable ecosystem services and food security under adverse environmental conditions</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis

ISSN

1211-8516

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

67

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

1285-1295

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85074555747