Forest Fires Prediction and Detection
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Hazards and Risk Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (23 June 2023) | Viewed by 24072
Special Issue Editors
Interests: remote sensing; climate change; forest fires
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Interests: climatology and meteorology; remote sensing; climate change
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the frequency and intensity of global fires has increased, significantly threatening the loss of biodiversity in forest areas. In addition to the loss of biodiversity in these regions, fires negatively affect the economic sector and increase the number of victims. With the most recurrent forest fires and the increase in air temperature and the presence of more intense weather phenomena, in addition to the great anthropic intervention in these regions, forests are, in turn, decreasing their fire resilience capacity and drastically reducing their areas. Understanding the relationships between meteorological elements, remote sensing, and statistical prediction models to associate the degree of fire hazard in these regions is important to understand the effects of climate change on these regions. This will also allow the development of strategic plans for growth and rational use of forest resources.
Submitted manuscripts must be original contributions, not previously published or submitted to other journals.
Prof. Dr. Rafael Coll Delgado
Prof. Dr. Rafael De Ávila Rodrigues
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- remote sensing
- climate change
- forest fires
- fire models
- fire monitoring
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