Exploring Forest Fire Dynamics
Fire Danger Mapping in Antalya Region, Türkiye
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22031505 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hatice Atalay (0000-0002-0623-5172, Istanbul Technical University), Hatice Tuba Atalay (0000-0002-1847-615X, Istanbul Technical University), Adalet Dervisoglu (0000-0001-7455-4282, Istanbul Technical University, corresponding author), Ayse Filiz Sunar (0000-0001-9438-1171, Istanbul Technical University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 74 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2220-9964 • E-ISSN: 2220-9964 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijgi13030074 |
| OpenAlex | W4392232561 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 43 |
The Mediterranean region experiences the annual destruction of thousands of hectares due to climatic conditions. This study examines forest fires in Türkiye’s Antalya region, a Mediterranean high-risk area, from 2000 to 2023, analyzing 26 fires that each damaged over 50 hectares. Fire danger maps created from fire weather indexes (FWI) indicated that 85.7% of the analyzed fire areas were categorized within the high to very extreme danger categories. The study evaluated fire danger maps from EFFIS FWI and ERA5 FWI, both derived from meteorological satellite data, for 14 forest fires between 2019 and 2023. With its better spatial resolution, it was found that EFFIS FWI had a higher correlation (0.98) with in situ FWIs. Since FWIs are calculated from temperature and fire moisture subcomponents, the correlations of satellite-based temperature (MODIS Land Surface Temperature—LST) and soil moisture (SMAP) data with FWIs were investigated. The in situ FWI demonstrated a positive correlation of 0.96 with MODIS LST, 0.92 with EFFIS FWI, and 0.93 with ERA5 FWI. The negative correlation between all FWIs and SMAP soil moisture highlighted a strong relationship, with the highest observed in in situ FWI (−0.93) and −0.90 and −0.87 for EFFIS FWI and ERA5 FWI, respectively
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |