DATASET

Fire danger (Canadian Fire Weather Index system) in the Global Wildfire Information System (version 2-3-1)

Collection: CEMS-GWIS : Copernicus Emergency Management System - Global Wildfire Information System 

Description

This dataset series refers to the fire danger information provided by the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) [1]. ▷_How to cite: see below_◁  

Fire danger (Canadian Fire Weather Index system) information is computed in daily maps over Europe with a forecast from 1 to 10 days of forecasted fire danger level using numerical weather predictions. The module is active all year around. Available components for the Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI) system operated in GWIS are: the aggregated FWI, the Initial Spread Index (ISI), the Build Up Index (BUI), the Fine Fuel Moisture Code (FFMC), the Duff Moisture Code (DMC), the Drought Code (DC), the Ranking, and the Anomaly.

[1] Van Wagner, C. E., Pickett, T. L., 1985. Equations and FORTRAN program for the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System. Vol. 33 of Forestry Technical Report. Canadian Forestry Service, Ottawa, Canada. https://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=19973

__How to cite__ - When using these data, please cite the relevant data sources. A suggested citation is included in the following:       

- San-Miguel-Ayanz, J., Houston Durrant, T., Boca, R., Libertà, G., Branco, A., de Rigo, D., Ferrari, D., Maianti, P., Artés Vivancos, T., Schulte, E., Loffler, P., Benchikha, A., Abbas, M., Humer, F., Konstantinov, V., Pešut, I., Petkoviček, S., Papageorgiou, K., Toumasis, I., Kütt, V., Kõiv, K., Ruuska, R., Anastasov, T., Timovska, M., Michaut, P., Joannelle, P., Lachmann, M., Pavlidou, K., Debreceni, P., Nagy, D., Nugent, C., Di Fonzo, M., Leisavnieks, E., Jaunķiķis, Z., Mitri, G., Repšienė, S., Assali, F., Mharzi Alaoui, H., Botnen, D., Piwnicki, J., Szczygieł, R., Janeira, M., Borges, A., Sbirnea, R., Mara, S., Eritsov, A., Longauerová, V., Jakša, J., Enriquez, E., Lopez, A., Sandahl, L., Reinhard, M., Conedera, M., Pezzatti, B., Dursun, K. T., Baltaci, U., Moffat, A., 2017. Forest fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2016. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. ISBN:978-92-79-71292-0, https://doi.org/10.2760/17690       

- Goldammer, J. G., Mangeon, S., Keywood, M., Kaiser, J. W., de Groot, W. J., Gunawan, D., Gan, C., Field, R., Sofiev, M., Baklanov, A., 2018. Vegetation Fire and Smoke Pollution Warning and Advisory System (VFSP-WAS): concept note and expert recommendations. Vol. 235 of GAW Report series. World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. https://library.wmo.int/doc_num.php?explnum_id=4519       

- Di Giuseppe, F., Pappenberger, F., Wetterhall, F., Krzeminski, B., Camia, A., Libertà, G., San Miguel, J., 2016. The potential predictability of fire danger provided by numerical weather prediction. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 55 (11), 2469-2491. https://doi.org/10.1175/jamc-d-15-0297.1      

Contact

Email
jrc-effis (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

  • jrc-effis@ec.europa.eu

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2018): Fire danger (Canadian Fire Weather Index system) in the Global Wildfire Information System (version 2-3-1). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/4b4f1ea6-da7b-4870-9be4-aa5b9a2a4b70

Keywords

Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) Modelled family of quantities: Fire danger

Data access

[VIEW] [WMS] GWIS View Service
URL 
  • GWIS view service for thematic typologies of data related to global wildfires (including fire danger; active fires; fire emissions).

[Download] Data Download Service
URL 
  • Data download service for thematic typologies of data related to global wildfires (including fire danger; active fires; fire emissions).

Spatial coverage

Type Value
GML
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GML
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WKT
POLYGON ((-180 90, 180 90, 180 -90, -180 -90, -180 90))

Temporal coverage

From date To date
2012-01-01 N/A

Lineage information

Fire danger (Canadian Fire Weather Index system) information is based on the use of meteorological forecast data received daily from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF). Fire danger is mapped in 6 classes (very low, low, medium, high, very high and extreme) with a spatial resolution of about 16 km (ECMWF data). Currently, the fire danger classes are the same for all countries and maps show a harmonized view of the spatial distribution of fire danger level. However, given the different climatic conditions at the global level, a future calibration of the FWI values in different regions is planned.

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2020-08-26
Modified date
2020-08-26
Issued date
2018-09-28
Landing page
http://gwis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Environment
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/4b4f1ea6-da7b-4870-9be4-aa5b9a2a4b70
Popularity