Browsing by Subject "Forest fires"

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    • A deep learning approach to downscale geostationary satellite imagery for decision support in high impact wildfires 

      McCarthy, Nicholas; Tohidi, Ali; Aziz, Yawar; Dennie, Matt; Valero Pérez, Mario Miguel; Hu, Nicole (2021-03-03)
      Article
      Open Access
      Scarcity in wildland fire progression data as well as considerable uncertainties in forecasts demand improved methods to monitor fire spread in real time. However, there exists at present no scalable solution to acquire ...

    • A review of thermal exposure and fire spread mechanisms in large outdoor fires and the built environment 

      Filkov, Alexander I.; Tihay-Felicelli, Virginie; Masoudvaziri, Nima; Rush, David; Valencia, Andrés; Wang, Yu; Blunck, David L.; Valero Pérez, Mario Miguel; Kempna, Kamila; Smolka, Jan; De Beer, Jacques; Campbell-Lochrie, Zakary; Centeno, Felipe Roman; Ibrahim, Muhammad Asim; Lemmertz, Casila Katiuscia; Tam, Wai Cheong (2023-10)
      Article
      Open Access
      Due to socio-economic and climatic changes around the world, large outdoor fires in the built environment have become one of the global issues that threaten billions of people. The devastating effects of them are indicative ...

    • All-in-one aerial image enhancement network for forest scenes 

      Chen, Zhaoqi; Wang, Chuansheng; Zhang, Fuquan; Zhang, Ling; Grau Saldes, Antoni; Guerra Paradas, Edmundo (Frontiers Media SA, 2023-01-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      Drone monitoring plays an irreplaceable and significant role in forest firefighting due to its characteristics of wide-range observation and real-time messaging. However, aerial images are often susceptible to different ...

    • An integrated approach for tactical monitoring and data-driven spread forecasting of wildfires 

      Valero Pérez, Mario Miguel; Rios Rubiras, Oriol; Mata Miquel, Cristian; Pastor Ferrer, Elsa; Planas Cuchi, Eulàlia (2017-05-09)
      Article
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      In recent times there have been increasing efforts to integrate technology into wildfire management, especially in the fields of tactical monitoring and simulation. On the one hand, thermal infrared imaging (TIR) systems ...

    • Applying artificial intelligence models for the automatic forest fire detection 

      El Madafri, Ismail; Peña Carrera, Marta; Olmedo Torre, Noelia (OmniaScience, 2023-03)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      Throughout the past decade, the development of Artificial Intelligence-based devices for the automatic detection of early stage forest fires has been a growing focus. Computer Vision techniques are well-suited for this ...

    • Arquitectura efímera d'emergències: guia operativa per als centres de comandament en un incendi forestal 

      Martín Elboj, Sara (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-05-18)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Tenint en compte l’emergència climàtica actual, cada vegada seran més freqüents els incendis forestals virulents com els que hem viscut en els últims anys, és per això que el meu treball pretén aportar ajuda al Cos de ...

    • Computing wildfire behaviour metrics from CFD simulation data 

      Valero Pérez, Mario Miguel; Pastor Ferrer, Elsa; Mata, Christian; Rios Rubiras, Oriol; Planas Cuchi, Eulàlia; Parsons, Russell (International Association of Wildland Fire, 2019)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      In this article, we demonstrate a new post-processing methodology which can be used to analyse CFD wildfire simulation outputs in a model-independent manner. CFD models produce a great deal of quantitative output but require ...

    • Corrections to scaling in the forest-fire model 

      Pastor Satorras, Romualdo; Vespignani, Alessandro (2000-05)
      Article
      Open Access
      We present a systematic study of corrections to scaling in the self-organized critical forest-fire model. The analysis of the steady-state condition for the density of trees allows us to pinpoint the presence of these ...

    • Desenvolupament d’una metodologia per la detecció i el càlcul d’àrees cremades en boscos de boira tropicals i pastures d'alta muntanya dels Andes 

      Guix Pujolar, Alan (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-11)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      L’objectiu d’aquest projecte és el de desenvolupar una metodologia basada en la teledetecció que permeti detectar i quantificar correctament les àrees cremades (burn scars) que deixen al seu pas els incendis en un dels ...

    • Design of a FOSS GIS tool for wildfire spread simulation, fire supression resource management and risk analysis 

      Figueras Jové, Jaume; Guasch Petit, Antonio; Casanovas Garcia, Josep (Themify, 2019)
      Conference lecture
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      Wildfire simulation require of many geographical and georeferenced datasets. Integrating all of the processes for simulation into a GIS seems natural, but most of the solutions available are closed source, do not use ...

    • Direct flame contact 

      Pastor Ferrer, Elsa (Springer, Charm, 2019-04-15)
      Part of book or chapter of book
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      Direct flame contact is one of the three structure ignition pathways, together with firebrands and radiant heat. Direct flame contact refers to flames impinging on building systems and materials. It may come either from ...

    • Disseny d'una torre de vigilancia d'incendis forestals 

      Albarran Rafols, Gerard (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-06-04)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      En aquest treball s’ha realitzat el disseny d’una torre de vigilància d’incendis forestals. El disseny inclou l’estructura, els fonaments, les unions i les instal·lacions de la torre. Es tracta d’una torre de 24 m d’alçada ...

    • Disseny dels experiments i metodologia. Descripció dels procediments i equips utilitzats en la monitorització dels focs experimentals ex-situ. 

      Pastor Ferrer, Elsa; Planas Cuchi, Eulàlia; Domènech Jardí, Ruth; Agueda Costafreda, Alba (2010-11-25)
      Research report
      Open Access
      L’objectiu principal del projecte IRVA és conèixer les característiques del incendis que poden ocórrer en zones forestals on s’han realitzat treballs d’aclarida de regenerat de pi blanc i on les restes vegetals que s’han ...

    • Efectes del foc en els sòls del Massís de Garraf 

      Ferrán, A.; Serrasolsas i Domènech, Isabel; Vallejo, V. R. (1999)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access

    • Estimating heterogeneous wildfire effects using synthetic controls and satellite remote sensing 

      Serra Burriel, Feliu; Delicado Useros, Pedro Francisco; Prata, Andrew T.; Cucchietti, Fernando (2021-11)
      Article
      Open Access
      Wildfires have become one of the biggest natural hazards for environments worldwide. The effects of wildfires are heterogeneous, meaning that the magnitude of their effects depends on many factors such as geographical ...

    • Estudio comparativo de índices espectrales aplicados a los incendios del Alt Empordà en 2000 y 2012 a través de imágenes Modis 

      López García, Borja (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-02)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      [CASTELLÀ]El objetivo del presente estudio es realizar una comparación entre los índices NDVI, EVI, BAIM y NBR aplicados a imágenes Modis de los incendios del Alt Empordà, concretamente el de Cap de Creus en el año 2000 ...

    • Evaluating wildfire vulnerability of Mediterranean dwellings using fuzzy logic applied to expert judgement 

      Agueda Costafreda, Alba; Vacca, Pascale; Planas Cuchi, Eulàlia; Pastor Ferrer, Elsa (2023)
      Article
      Open Access
      Background. Wildland–urban interface (WUI) fires pose great challenges to firefighting services and there is a growing need for self-protection and the creation of fire-adapted communities. Aim. A tool that can aid homeowners ...

    • Fire Dynamic Simulator (FDS) scenario set-up for wildland-urban interface fire simulations 

      Ballester Vives, Guillermo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-06-23)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement

    • Fires at the wildland-industrial interface. Is there an emerging problem? 

      Planas Cuchi, Eulàlia; Paugam, Ronan Gabriel Michel; Agueda Costafreda, Alba; Vacca, Pascale; Pastor Ferrer, Elsa (2023-12-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      Over the past years, wildfires have raged with unprecedented intensity across the world, becoming a growing problem, as weather conditions conductive to wildfire ignition and spread will increase in frequency and severity ...

    • Flame structure modeling in forest fires 

      Domènech Jardí, Ruth; Pastor Ferrer, Elsa; Pérez Ramírez, Yolanda; Planas Cuchi, Eulàlia (2009-06)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      This work in progress presentation wants to summarize the work done in flame modeling applied so far to forest fires and to present the on-going efforts at empirical and physical level that CERTEC is devoting to reach in ...