Design and implementation of an operational meteo fire risk forecast based on open source geospatial technology

BELLIS, L. M.; ANDREO, V.; LIGHEZZOLO, A. ; ARGAÑARAZ JUAN P; LANFRI, S. ; CLEMOVEKI , K. ; SCAVUZZO, CM

Milán

Simposio; International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS); 2015

EEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society

This work describes the design and preliminary implementation of the meteorological fire danger index based on the Australian system at the national level. This challenge has promoted the development of new tools for earlier fire prevention and extinction based on remote sensing information and geospatial technology in an inter-institutional and interdisciplinary framework. In this way a group of researchers from several governmental and non-governmental agencies has founded the IGNIS group, with the objective to provide decision-making tools for personnel devoted to wildfire management in emergencies related to forest fires. In this context one of the first operational and free access systems developed is presented in this paper.