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WF-GLOBAL-CSIRO-30
Resource ID
c82d73a2-9b9c-11ec-9ed4-02c593b990d0
Title
WF-GLOBAL-CSIRO-30
Date
March 4, 2022, 9:23 a.m., Publication
Abstract
The approach to classify wildfire hazard levels used is based solely on fire weather index climatology. Fire weather indices are used in many countries to assess both the onset of conditions that will allow fires to spread, as well as the likelihood of fire at any point in the landscape. The method presented uses statistical modelling (extreme value analysis) of a 30 year fire weather climatology to assess the predicted fire weather intensity for specific return period intervals. These intensities are classified based on thresholds using conventions to provide hazard classes that correspond to conditions that can support problematic fire spread in the landscape if an ignition and sufficient fuel were to be present. 
Edition
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Responsible
GFDRR_labs
Point of Contact
Amadio
labs.gfdrr@gmail.com
Purpose
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Maintenance Frequency
unknown
Type
grid
Restrictions
withheld from general circulation or disclosure
License
Public Domain
Language
eng
Temporal Extent
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No information provided
Data Quality
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Extent
  • x0: -180.3125
  • x1: 179.6875
  • y0: -58.25
  • y1: 75.25
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:4326
Keywords
no keywords
Category
Geoscientific Information
Regions
Global