Understanding fire, weather and land cover interactions from long-term terrestrial observations and satellite data in a north to south transect in Europe and North Africa

Información del proyecto

GRADIENT

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 705067

DOI

10.3030/705067

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 24 Febrero 2016

Fecha de inicio 1 Julio 2016

Fecha de finalización 30 Septiembre 2017

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 117 137,25

Aportación de la UE

€ 117 137,25

Coordinado por

EIDGENOSSISCHE FORSCHUNGSANSTALT WSL
Switzerland

Objetivo

Long-term historical fire records extending back to the late 1800s are very rare worldwide. Three such long-term historical fire data have been found for this research proposal; (i) Switzerland, central Europe (1900-2014), (ii) Greece, south Europe (1897-2014), and (iii) Algeria, north Africa (1870-2014) which together with the spatial-explicit reconstruction of recent fire history from Landsat satellite images (1984-2016), give a unique and excellent opportunity to understand fire, weather and land use/land cover (LULC) interactions in a north to south transect.
Differences in bio-geographical characteristics provided by the three study areas, located on a large geographical gradient covering two continents give the opportunity to document the role of fires in different biomes, to explore cross-scale issues and assess how fire-weather-LULC relationships vary across different scales, especially under a climate change context.
This research proposal consists of three topics that correspond mainly to three different scales. The specific objectives are: (i) the identification of trends, patterns and relationships between forest fires, weather, LULC and socio-economic parameters from long-term observations, (ii) the reconstruction of recent fire history and the assessment of burning patterns and fire selectivity on an annual basis from satellite images, and (iii) the exploration of post-fire vegetation dynamics and recovery patterns for selected large fire events using time series satellite images.
Those objectives will contribute to the better understanding of fire, weather and land cover interactions, and will therefore provide knowledge for fire and land cover management practices, especially under a climate change context. Understanding of post-fire vegetation dynamics and recovery will help the mitigation of short and long-term consequences of fire occurrence. The knowledge acquired from the past will help to understand current processes and project them to future.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• humanidades › historia y arqueología › historia
• ingeniería y tecnología › ingeniería mecánica › ingeniería de vehículos › ingeniería aeroespacial › tecnología satelital
• ciencias naturales › ciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales conexas › ciencia del suelo › utilización de las tierras
• ciencias naturales › ciencias de la tierra y ciencias ambientales conexas › ciencias de la atmósfera › climatología › cambios climáticos
• ciencias sociales › economía y empresa › gestión y empresas

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
  

Tema(s)

• MSCA-IF-2015-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)
  

Régimen de financiación

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-MSCA-IF-2015

Coordinador

EIDGENOSSISCHE FORSCHUNGSANSTALT WSL

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 117 137,25
• Dirección: ZUERCHERSTRASSE 111 ; 8903 BIRMENSDORF ; Suiza
• Región: Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera › Zürich › Zürich
• Tipo de actividad: Research Organisations
• Coste total: € 117 137,25