FIREDATA: documentation, analysis and monitoring of forest fires in Austria
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Abstract
A centralized, comprehensive and standardized documentation of forest fires as well as the implementation of case studies is the foundation for any further fire research. In Austria, there exists no official mandate for an organization or institution to record forest fires. Since 2008, the Institute of Silviculture at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna has been collecting and documenting forest fires within the framework of various research projects. An online database (https://fire.boku.ac.at) has been developed and is available to the interested public since 2012. This database represents the most comprehensive survey of forest fires in Austria. In order to continue with the forest fire documentation in Austria, improve the survey methodology, create data interfaces to existing other databases and conduct forest fire case studies, the following objectives are being pursued within the FIREDATA project: i) Continuation and optimisation of ongoing forest fire monitoring and documentation, ii) Increased efforts to analyze forest fire archives, iii) Ongoing maintenance, further development and creation of interfaces for the existing online database fire.boku.ac.at and iv) Conducting case studies on fuel quantities, tree mortality and succession on selected forest fire cases.
- forest fire
- database
- causes
- case study
Publications
Pan-European wildfire risk assessment
Autoren: Oom, D; Rigo, D. de ; Pfeiffer, H; Branco, A; Ferrari, D; Grecchi, R; Artés Vivancos, T; Houston Durrant, T; Boca, R; Maianti, P; Libertà, G; San-Miguel-Ayanz, J; Lelouvier, R; Onida, M; Benchikha, A; Abbas, M; Humer, F; Vacik, H; Müller, M; Heil, K; Baetens, J; Konstantinov, V; Pešut, I; Kaliger, A; Petkoviček, S; Papageorgiou, K; Petrou, P; Toumasis, I; Pecl, J; Ruuska, R; Richoilley, L; Chassagne, F; Savazzi, R; Gonschorek, A; Panteli, M; Debreceni, P; Nagy, D; Nugent, C; Ben Zaken, A; Di Fonzo, M; Sciunnach, R; Micillo, G; Fresu, G; Marzoli, M; Pompei, E; Ferlazzo, S; Ascoli, D; Romano, R; Leisavnieks, E; JaunķIķis, Z; Mitri, G; Repšienė, S; Glazko, Z; Assali, F; Mharzi Alaoui, H; Kok, E; Stoof, C; Timovska, M; Botnen, D; Piwnicki, J; Szczygieł, R; Kaczmarowski, J; Pinho, J; Moreira, J; Cruz, M; Sbirnea, R; Mara, S; Milanović, S; Longauerová, V; Jakša, J; Lopez-Santalla, A; Sandahl, L; Andersson, S; Beyeler, S; Sautter, M; Conedera, M; Pezzatti, B; Tolgay Dursun, K; Baltaci, U; Gazzard, R; Moffat, A; Sydorenko, S. Jahr: 2022
Forschungsbericht (extern. Auftraggeber)
Improving an integrated fire danger assessment with high resolution vegetation parameters
Autoren: Vacik, H; Müller, MM; Silva Andrade, M; Immitzer, M; Dioszegi, G; Atzberger, C; Hollaus, M; Schlaffer, S; Zotta, RM Jahr: 2023
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
State of knowledge, future challenges and options for an integrated fire management in the European Alps
Autoren: Vacik, H; Müller, MM; Vila Vilardell, L; Hoang, T; Mayer, C; Mayr, S; Carrega, P; Duche, Y; Lahaye, S; Böttcher, F; Maier, H; Schunk, C; Zimmermann, L; Ascoli, D; Cotterchio, A; Fiorucci, P; Gottero, F; Pirone, S; Rizzolo, R; Vacchiano, G; Valese, E; Kolsek, M; Kosicek, B; Papez, J; Conedera, M; Ghiringhelli, A; Pezzati, B; Ryser D Jahr: 2023
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Project staff
Harald Vacik
Ao.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Harald Vacik
harald.vacik@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91312
Project Leader
01.06.2022 - 30.11.2024
Markus Koller
Markus Koller
markus.koller@students.boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91317
Project Staff
01.06.2022 - 30.11.2024
Mortimer Müller
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.rer.nat. Mortimer Müller
mortimer.mueller@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91318
Project Staff
01.06.2022 - 30.11.2024
Mariana Silva Andrade
Mariana Silva Andrade M.Sc.
mariana.andrade@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91318
Project Staff
01.06.2022 - 30.11.2024
BOKU partners
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