Evaluation of Wildland Fire Detection Methods Using Expert Input
Björck, Johan LU
and McNamee, Margaret S.
LU
(2025)
In Fire Technology
- Abstract
- Recently the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released their 6th Assessment reports which confirm that the impact of climate change is visible, e.g. through an increased weather volatility leading both to hotter drier weather and increased flooding in some regions globally. One clear example of this is the increased prevalence of wildfires in recent years and increasing wildfire potential in the future in some regions. Sweden is in the northern most part of Europe and has the highest forest density in the European Union. In total, nearly 17 percent of all forests in Europe are located in Sweden. Even in a global sense, Sweden has extensive forestry, and provides 10 percent of the sawn timber, pulp and paper that is traded on the... (More)
- Recently the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released their 6th Assessment reports which confirm that the impact of climate change is visible, e.g. through an increased weather volatility leading both to hotter drier weather and increased flooding in some regions globally. One clear example of this is the increased prevalence of wildfires in recent years and increasing wildfire potential in the future in some regions. Sweden is in the northern most part of Europe and has the highest forest density in the European Union. In total, nearly 17 percent of all forests in Europe are located in Sweden. Even in a global sense, Sweden has extensive forestry, and provides 10 percent of the sawn timber, pulp and paper that is traded on the global market. Given these preconditions, in 2020 the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) identified the need to investigate the conditions for current and possible future detection methods for wildfires in Sweden. An overview of common current methods was made and review of these methods was conducted through interviews with national experts. The expert evaluation indicated an opportunity to build wildfire detection in Sweden based on weather radar, radar/satellite combinations, and/or airborne radar. The development of such detection systems could repurpose existing infrastructure and reduce the overall investment needs, implying that Sweden could adopt such methods rapidly provided there is sufficient political will. The methodology shows the advantage of using expert input to identify appropriate technical measures for further research investments given limited resources. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Recently the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released their 6th Assessment reports which confirm that the impact of climate change is visible, e.g. through an increased weather volatility leading both to hotter drier weather and increased flooding in some regions globally. One clear example of this is the increased prevalence of wildfires in recent years and increasing wildfire potential in the future in some regions. Sweden is in the northern most part of Europe and has the highest forest density in the European Union. In total, nearly 17 percent of all forests in Europe are located in Sweden. Even in a global sense, Sweden has extensive forestry, and provides 10 percent of the sawn timber, pulp and paper that is traded on the... (More)
- Recently the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released their 6th Assessment reports which confirm that the impact of climate change is visible, e.g. through an increased weather volatility leading both to hotter drier weather and increased flooding in some regions globally. One clear example of this is the increased prevalence of wildfires in recent years and increasing wildfire potential in the future in some regions. Sweden is in the northern most part of Europe and has the highest forest density in the European Union. In total, nearly 17 percent of all forests in Europe are located in Sweden. Even in a global sense, Sweden has extensive forestry, and provides 10 percent of the sawn timber, pulp and paper that is traded on the global market. Given these preconditions, in 2020 the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) identified the need to investigate the conditions for current and possible future detection methods for wildfires in Sweden. An overview of common current methods was made and review of these methods was conducted through interviews with national experts. The expert evaluation indicated an opportunity to build wildfire detection in Sweden based on weather radar, radar/satellite combinations, and/or airborne radar. The development of such detection systems could repurpose existing infrastructure and reduce the overall investment needs, implying that Sweden could adopt such methods rapidly provided there is sufficient political will. The methodology shows the advantage of using expert input to identify appropriate technical measures for further research investments given limited resources. (Less)
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- Björck, Johan
LU
and McNamee, Margaret S.
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2025-01-11
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- epub
- subject
- keywords
- Wildfire, Forest fire, Detection methods, Remote sensing, Wildfire, Forest fire, Detection methods, Remote sensing
- in
- Fire Technology
- pages
- 23 pages
- publisher
- Springer
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- scopus:85217430074
- ISSN
- 1572-8099
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10694-024-01696-5
- language
- English
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