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danger rating (documented systems only)
Country or region of
application
a
Index or system
Weather parameters
References
Canadian Forest
Fire
Weather
Index
System
Argentina, Canada,
China, Chile, Fiji,
Indonesia, Malaysia,
Mexico, New
Zealand, Portugal,
South Africa, Spain,
Sweden, Thailand,
United Kingdom,
USA (Alaska, some
northern states),
Venezuela; Europe
and North Africa,
Eurasia, global,
Southeast Asia,
Southern Africa
Temperature, rainfall
amount, relative
humidity, wind speed
Van Wagner (
1987
)
Fire Danger
Brazil, South America
Temperature, relative
humidity, precipitation
Setzer and
Sismanoglu
(
2012
)
F Index
USA, Australia
Wind speed, FMI (Fuel
Moisture Index)
Sharples et al.
(
2009a
,
b
)
Forest Fire
Danger
Index
Australia, South Africa,
Spain
Temperature, relative
humidity, wind speed,
Keetch- Byram Drought
Index, rainfall amount,
days since rain
McArthur (
1966
,
1976
), Luke and
McArthur (
1978
)
Fosberg Fire
Weather
Index
USA, Australia, global
Temperature, relative
humidity, wind speed
Fosberg (
1978
),
Goodrick (
2002
)
Grassland Fire
Danger
Index
Australia, South Africa,
USA
Temperature, relative
humidity, wind speed
McArthur (
1976
),
Luke and
McArthur (
1978
)
Haines Index
USA
Lower atmosphere
temperature and dew
point
Haines (
1988
)
Keetch-Byram
Drought
Index
USA, Australia,
Indonesia
Temperature, rainfall
amount, mean annual
precipitation
Keetch and Byram
(
1968
)
Lowveld Fire
Danger
Index
South Africa
Temperature, relative
humidity, wind speed,
rainfall
Meikle and Heine
(
1987
)
National Fire
Danger
Rating
System
USA, South Africa
Temperature, relative
humidity, rainfall
amount and duration,
wind speed, cloud cover
Deeming et al.
(
1972
,
1977
)
Nesterov Index
Russia
Temperature, dew point,
days since rain
Nesterov (
1949
)
PV 1 Index
Russia
Temperature, relative
humidity, pressure,
wind speed,
precipitation
Vonsky et al. (
1975
)
Many other national and subnational systems are used around the world, although technical and scientifi c
documentation, and history of operational use is often limited
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