Fire Weather Assessment of Future Changes in Fire Weather Conditions in the Attica Region †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
WRF Model Setup
3. Results and Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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FWI Classes by the EFFIS | FWI Percentiles by Varela et al. [16] | ISI Classes by the EFFIS |
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Very low (<5.2) | Very low < 3.2 | |
Low (5.2–11.2) | Low 25th percentile | Low 3.2–5 |
Moderate (11.2–21.3) | Moderate 50th percentile | Moderate 5–7.5 |
High (21.3–38) | High 75th percentile | High 7.5–13.4 |
Very high (38–50) | Very high 13.4–30 | |
Extreme (≥50) | Extreme 90th percentile | Extreme >30 |
Indices | Description |
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FWI90 | The 90th percentile of the FWI |
FWI90NR | Number of days above FWI90 (as extreme fire weather) |
FWI90NRCD | Maximum number of consecutive days above FWI90 |
ISI | Initial spread index |
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Politi, N.; Vlachogiannis, D.; Sfetsos, A.; Gounaris, N. Fire Weather Assessment of Future Changes in Fire Weather Conditions in the Attica Region. Environ. Sci. Proc. 2023, 26, 186. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2023026186
Politi N, Vlachogiannis D, Sfetsos A, Gounaris N. Fire Weather Assessment of Future Changes in Fire Weather Conditions in the Attica Region. Environmental Sciences Proceedings. 2023; 26(1):186. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2023026186
Chicago/Turabian StylePoliti, Nadia, Diamando Vlachogiannis, Athanasios Sfetsos, and Nikolaos Gounaris. 2023. "Fire Weather Assessment of Future Changes in Fire Weather Conditions in the Attica Region" Environmental Sciences Proceedings 26, no. 1: 186. https://doi.org/10.3390/environsciproc2023026186