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Johnson (1996) assembles the relevant studies of
fire intensity, rate of spread,
fuel consumption,
fire weather in the North American boreal
forest. The central thesis is that the North American boreal forest has at least four
wild
fire frequency, and
re characteristics that are important in understanding the dynamics of its plant
populations:
•
the large size of the burns with respect to dispersal distances;
•
the short recurrence time of
fire with respect to tree lifespans;
•
the high mortality of plants due to the predominance of crown
res; and
•
a good germination surface due to the large area of the forest
fl
floor that is
covered by ash.
fire scenarios are
impacted by climatic trends and changes in climatic extremes, as well as by
anthropogenic pressure. It is to be expected that future trends, especially in the
Mediterranean regions, will certainly lead to an increasing impact of human pres-
sure on the natural environment. Increases in tourism and enlargement of urban
residential areas invading the countryside are basic causes of anthropogenic
changes in the environment. Forecasting the effects of both factors (climatic and
anthropogenic) and separating their effects on forest
Perona and Brebbia (2010) note that as in the past, future forest
fires frequencies may be
particularly dif
re
occurrence probability and to better organize prevention and fighting activities. At
the same time, estimation of the possible increase of
cult, but
is essential
to improve our knowledge of forest
fire risk over coming years is
important, taking into account also the diverse
fire prone environments present in
the Mediterranean as well as many other areas (mountain slopes, coastal zones,
large islands, etc.). Topic written by Perona and Brebbia (2010) contains peer-
reviewed papers presented at the Second International Conference on Modeling,
Monitoring and Management of Forest Fires held in Kos, Greece, in 2010. The
papers covered important topics in the
field of prevention and
fighting of forest
fires, including: Computational Methods and Experiments; Air Quality and Health
Risk Models; Detection, Monitoring and Response Systems; Decision Support
Systems; Resource Optimization; Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Assessment.
Brebbia (2012) includes selected papers presented at the Third International
Conference on Modeling, Monitoring and Management of Forest Fires, held in May
2012. The Conference is the third in a series of biennial conferences organized by
the Wessex Institute of Technology on the topic of applying computer techniques to
the dif
fire prevention, management, and mitigation. In order to
prevent or reduce major loss of life and property, and damage to the environment, it
is important to be able to analyze the behavior of forest
cult
field of forest
fires. To do so requires the
development of computer codes that can take into consideration a large number of
different parameters.
Main problem of wild
fire point. The problems
arising here are solved by many authors (Artemov et al. 1974; Borodin et al. 1976,
1978; Borodin and Mitnik 1977; Solimini 1995; Bonafoni et al. 2011). One of ef
fire control is earlier detection of
cient
methods is microwave radiometry technology which gives possibility to detect tem-
perature anomalies in forested areas. Numerous experimental investigations have
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