Search Results - "Sá, Ana C. L."

Relationships between human population density and burned area at continental and global scales by Bistinas, Ioannis, Oom, Duarte, Sá, Ana C L, Harrison, Sandy P, Prentice, I Colin, Pereira, José M C

“…We explore the large spatial variation in the relationship between population density and burned area, using continental-scale Geographically Weighted…”
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Understanding the Impact of Different Landscape-Level Fuel Management Strategies on Wildfire Hazard in Central Portugal by Akli Benali, Ana C. L. Sá, João Pinho, Paulo M. Fernandes, José M. C. Pereira

“…The extreme 2017 fire season in Portugal led to widespread recognition of the need for a paradigm shift in forest and wildfire management. We focused our study…”
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Coupling wildfire spread simulations and connectivity analysis for hazard assessment: a case study in Serra da Cabreira, Portugal by Sá, Ana C. L, Aparicio, Bruno, Benali, Akli, Bruni, Chiara, Salis, Michele, Silva, Fábio, Marta-Almeida, Martinho, Pereira, Susana, Rocha, Alfredo, Pereira, José

“…This study aims to assess wildfire hazard in northern Portugal by combining landscape-scale wildfire spread modeling and connectivity analysis to help fuel…”
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MTTfireCAL Package for R—An Innovative, Comprehensive, and Fast Procedure to Calibrate the MTT Fire Spread Modelling System by Aparício, Bruno A., Benali, Akli, Pereira, José M. C., Sá, Ana C. L.

“…Fire spread behavior models are used to estimate fire behavior metrics, fire hazard, exposure, and risk across the landscape. One of the most widely used fire…”
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The Portuguese Large Wildfire Spread database (PT-FireSprd) by Benali, Akli, Guiomar, Nuno, Gonçalves, Hugo, Mota, Bernardo, Silva, Fábio, Fernandes, Paulo M, Mota, Carlos, Penha, Alexandre, Santos, João, Pereira, José M. C, Sá, Ana C. L

“…Wildfire behaviour depends on complex interactions between fuels, topography, and weather over a wide range of scales, being important for fire research and…”
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Probabilistic fire spread forecast as a management tool in an operational setting by Pinto, Renata M.S., Benali, Akli, Sá, Ana C. L., Fernandes, Paulo M., Soares, Pedro M. M., Cardoso, Rita M., Trigo, Ricardo M., Pereira, José M. C.

“…Background An approach to predict fire growth in an operational setting, with the potential to be used as a decision-support tool for fire management, is…”
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Unravelling the effect of climate change on fire danger and fire behaviour in the Transboundary Biosphere Reserve of Meseta Ibérica (Portugal-Spain) by Aparício, Bruno A., Santos, João A., Freitas, Teresa R., Sá, Ana C. L., Pereira, José M. C., Fernandes, Paulo M.

“…The impacts of wildfires are increasing in the Mediterranean Basin due to more extreme fire seasons featuring increasingly fast and high-intensity fires, which…”
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Determining Fire Dates and Locating Ignition Points With Satellite Data by Benali, Akli, Russo, Ana, Sá, Ana, Pinto, Renata, Price, Owen, Koutsias, Nikos, Pereira, José

“…Each wildfire has its own "history", burns under specific conditions and leads to unique environmental impacts. Information on where and when it has started…”
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Exploring fire incidence in Portugal using generalized additive models for location, scale and shape (GAMLSS) by Sá, Ana C. L., Turkman, Maria A. A., Pereira, José M. C.

“…Portuguese wildfires are responsible for large environmental, ecological and socio-economic impacts. This study explores the fire-environment relationships by…”
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Evaluating priority locations and potential benefits for building a nation-wide fuel break network in Portugal by Aparício, Bruno A., Alcasena, Fermín, Ager, Alan, Chung, Woodam, Pereira, José M.C., Sá, Ana C.L.

“…Despite growing interest in developing extensive fuel treatment programs to prevent catastrophic wildfires in the Mediterranean region, there is little…”
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The pyrogeography of sub-Saharan Africa: a study of the spatial non-stationarity of fire–environment relationships using GWR by Sá, Ana C. L., Pereira, José M. C., Charlton, Martin E., Mota, Bernardo, Barbosa, Paulo M., Stewart Fotheringham, A.

“…This study analyses the relationship between fire incidence and some environmental factors, exploring the spatial non-stationarity of the phenomenon in…”
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Fire spread predictions: Sweeping uncertainty under the rug by Benali, Akli, Sá, Ana C.L., Ervilha, Ana R., Trigo, Ricardo M., Fernandes, Paulo M., Pereira, José M.C.

“…Predicting fire spread and behavior correctly is crucial to minimize the dramatic consequences of wildfires. However, our capability of accurately predicting…”
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Deciphering the impact of uncertainty on the accuracy of large wildfire spread simulations by Benali, Akli, Ervilha, Ana R., Sá, Ana C.L., Fernandes, Paulo M., Pinto, Renata M.S., Trigo, Ricardo M., Pereira, José M.C.

“…Predicting wildfire spread is a challenging task fraught with uncertainties. ‘Perfect’ predictions are unfeasible since uncertainties will always be present…”
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An estimate of the area burned in southern Africa during the 2000 dry season using SPOT-VEGETATION satellite data by Silva, João M. N., Pereira, José M. C., Cabral, Ana I., Sá, Ana C. L., Vasconcelos, Maria J. P., Mota, Bernardo, Grégoire, Jean‐Marie

“…The area burned in southern Africa during the 2000 dry season was mapped on a monthly basis from May to November using SPOT‐VEGETATION (VGT) satellite imagery…”
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Estimation of combustion completeness based on fire-induced spectral reflectance changes in a dambo grassland (Western Province, Zambia) by Sá, Ana C. L., Pereira, José M. C., Silva, João M. N.

“…An experimental burn was performed in a dambo grassland, in the Western Province of Zambia, during the SAFARI 2000 Third Intensive Field Campaign. The main…”
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Combining wildfire behaviour simulations and network analysis to support wildfire management: A Mediterranean landscape case study by Aparício, Bruno A., Pereira, José M.C., Santos, Francisco C., Bruni, Chiara, Sá, Ana C.L.

“…•We used well-established and a new network metrics to assess wildfire connectivity.•We assessed the effect of a planned fuelbreak network in these metrics.•We…”
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Evaluating fire growth simulations using satellite active fire data by Sá, Ana C.L., Benali, Akli, Fernandes, Paulo M., Pinto, Renata M.S., Trigo, Ricardo M., Salis, Michele, Russo, Ana, Jerez, Sonia, Soares, Pedro M.M., Schroeder, Wilfrid, Pereira, José M.C.

“…The recognized shortcomings of fire spread modeling systems and the widespread use of their outcomes in fire management decisions render the evaluation of fire…”
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Wildfire exposure and risk in pulp paper companies’ plantations under extreme weather conditions: A case study in North-Western Portugal by Bruni, Chiara, Aparício, Bruno, Lourenço, Beatriz, Marta-Almeida, Martinho, Benali, Akli, Barreiro, Susana, Rocha, Alfredo, Sá, Ana C.L.

“…Since the 1960's, Portugal has been affected by profound land use/land cover changes, which have boosted fuel continuity and fire-proneness nationwide. Within…”
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Determining Fire Dates and Locating Ignition Points With Satellite Data by Benali, Akli, Russo, Ana, Sa, Ana C L, Pinto, Renata M S, Price, Owen, Koutsias, Nikos, Pereira, Jose M C

“…Each wildfire has its own "history", burns under specific conditions and leads to unique environmental impacts. Information on where and when it has started…”
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Comparison of burned area estimates derived from SPOT-VEGETATION and Landsat ETM+ data in Africa: Influence of spatial pattern and vegetation type by Silva, João M.N., Sá, Ana C.L., Pereira, José M.C.

“…An algorithm for burned area mapping in Africa based on classification trees was developed using SPOT-VEGETATION (VGT) imagery. The derived 1 km spatial…”
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