ProbFire: a probabilistic fire early warning system for Indonesia

Nikonovas, Tadas; Spessa, Allan; Doerr, Stefan; Clay, Gareth D.; Mezbahuddin, Symon

doi:10.5194/nhess-22-303-2022

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ProbFire: a probabilistic fire early warning system for Indonesia

Tadas Nikonovas, Allan Spessa, Stefan Doerr

, Gareth D. Clay, Symon Mezbahuddin

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 303 - 322

Swansea University Authors: Tadas Nikonovas, Allan Spessa, Stefan Doerr

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Recurrent extreme landscape fire episodes associated with drought events in Indonesia pose severe environmental, societal and economic threats. The ability to predict severe fire episodes months in advance would enable relevant agencies and communities to more effectively initiate fire-preventative...

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ProbFire: a probabilistic fire early warning system for Indonesia

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