doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2016.7.7.837
Fuel Type Classification in the Mediterranean Basin Context: State of the Art and Future Research
duka@ing.uniroma2.it
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Ioannilli Maria
- University of Rome „Tor Vergata‟, Department of
Abstract
Knowledge of fuel distribution and itscharacteristics are essential for fire models and fire managementsystem especially in the Mediterranean Basin where fires are anessential environmental task. Several fuel type classificationshave been developed worldwide. Each of them fit the specificvegetation characteristics and the adopted fire model for thespecific country. Efforts to develop a unique fuel schema in theMediterranean Basin shown that is quite complex because of thestructural heterogeneity and complexity of the plant community.So a well based methodology to describe and map fuel inMediterranean is needed. A first application of the methodologywill be Italy. It will be based on a pattern approach at regionaland local scale, obtained by different data cross. Earthobservation data, in particular radar and infrared, will be usedto build up index. Further research will be conducted.
Keywords
- Forest fire
- fuel models
- fuel type classification system
How to Cite
duka@ing.uniroma2.it and Ioannilli Maria, "Fuel Type Classification in the Mediterranean Basin Context: State of the Art and Future Research," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 546-552, 2016. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijesd.2016.7.7.837
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