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SIMULATING LARGE-SCALE WILDFIRES AND COMMUNITY EXPOSURE: A FRAMEWORK AND APPLICATION IN MACEDONIA, GREECE
(STEF92 Technology, 2020-12-20, Palaiologos Palaiologou, Kostas Kalabokidis, Lampros Papalampros, Spyros Galatsidaas)
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In this work, we provide a framework for assessing cross-boundary wildfire exposure and a case study application in the region of Macedonia, Greece. The required spatial layers describing topography, fuels/ vegetation and ignition location were retrieved from open-access international and national databases, while climate data were obtained from remote automatic weather stations. We processed the spatial layers to derive the required inputs for the Minimum Travel Time fire spread algorithm. Hourly and daily weathe...
Forest Ecosystems2020
