Fire danger indices (FDI) describe the conditions that influence ease of ignition, rate of spread and the impact caused by fires. It is used to assess the safety of prescribed burning activities, to improve real-time fire fighting preparedness and in logistic planning of fire fighting resources. In this study historical fire activity from remotely sensed data are compared with various FDIs to identify which index has the strongest statistical relationship with fire occurrences and therefore the highest forecasting potential for fires in the future.
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Steenkamp, K.C., Wessels, K.J., Van den Bergh, F., McFerren, G.A., Frost, P.E., Lai, C.W. and Swanepoel, D. Quantitative comparison of fire danger index performance using fire activity. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Munich, Germany, 22-27 July 2012, pp. 3375-3378
Steenkamp, K. C., Wessels, K. J., Van den Bergh, F., McFerren, G., Frost, P., Lai, C., & Swanepoel, D. (2012). Quantitative comparison of fire danger index performance using fire activity. Curran Associates. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6373
Steenkamp, Karen C, Konrad J Wessels, F Van den Bergh, GA McFerren, PE Frost, CW Lai, and D Swanepoel. "Quantitative comparison of fire danger index performance using fire activity." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6373
Steenkamp KC, Wessels KJ, Van den Bergh F, McFerren G, Frost P, Lai C, et al, Quantitative comparison of fire danger index performance using fire activity; Curran Associates; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6373 .
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