Using FlamMap to assess wildfire behavior in Bohemian Switzerland National Park
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652079%3A_____%2F24%3A00585315" target="_blank" >RIV/86652079:_____/24:00585315 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41320/24:101509 RIV/62156489:43210/24:43924499 RIV/00020702:_____/24:N0000031
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-023-06361-8" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-023-06361-8</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-06361-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11069-023-06361-8</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Using FlamMap to assess wildfire behavior in Bohemian Switzerland National Park
Original language description
The 2022 summer fire in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park (BSNP) is the largest in the 30-year recorded history of the Czech Republic, with an affected area of over 1000 ha. The FlamMap fire modeling system was used to investigate the fire behavior in the BSNP and to evaluate scenarios under a range of fuel types, fuel moistures, and weather conditions. The model was used to simulate fire conditions, propagation, and extent. We focused on matching the observed fire perimeter and fire behavior characteristics. The fire occurred in a region of the BSNP heavily affected by Spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus L.) infestation, hence, most of the burned area encompassed dead spruce forest (Picea abies Karst.). The best FlamMap simulations of the observed fire behavior and progression were compared with several created scenarios exhibiting various input conditions. These scenarios included a fire in a healthy spruce forest, clearcuts, or different meteorological conditions. We could calibrate and use FlamMap to recreate the 2022 summer wildfire in the BSNP under the observed conditions. It was found that the fire would have likely spread to the observed final perimeter even if standing dead trees had been removed, albeit at a lower fire intensity and with a considerably shorter duration. Alternatively, if healthy standing vegetation with a closed canopy had been present, the wildfire perimeter would have reached approximately half the observed value. Similar results were obtained for both the non-native spruce forest and deciduous forest, which is a native alternative.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10510 - Climatic research
Result continuities
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
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Natural Hazards
ISSN
0921-030X
e-ISSN
1573-0840
Volume of the periodical
120
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
35
Pages from-to
3943-3977
UT code for WoS article
001131570300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85180700948