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Comparing the performance of daily forest fire danger summary metrics for estimating fire activity in southern Australian forests
International Journal of Wildland Fire ( IF 3.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 , DOI: 10.1071/wf19185
M. P. Plucinski , A. L. Sullivan , W. L. McCaw

Fire danger indices integrate weather and fuel variables to indicate the potential for wildland fires to ignite, spread, resist suppression and cause damage. McArthur’s Forest Fire Danger Index (FFDI) is applied across much of Australia, with the forecast daily maximum value used to inform fire management planning decisions and issuance of public warnings. Variations in daily maximum FFDI and the hourly changing of FFDI values during the day (including use of different soil moisture deficit indices) were compared against five binary fire activity statistics in six forested areas in southern Australia, with performance assessed using Theil–Sen regression lines fitted to rank percentile curves. Fire activity rates were similar on days with wide and narrow hourly FFDI distributions except in one study area where days with wide distributions experienced more fires. The maximum hourly FFDI metric performed the best of all the metrics tested, though there were no statistically significant differences among any of them. There was also little difference in the performance of metrics determined using alternative calculations and different drought indices. These results suggest that the current use of the forecast hourly maximum FFDI is appropriate and that using alternative methods to determine Drought Factor offers little benefit.

中文翻译:

比较用于估计澳大利亚南部森林火灾活动的每日森林火灾危险汇总指标的性能

火灾危险指数综合了天气和燃料变量,以表明野火点燃、蔓延、抵抗抑制和造成破坏的可能性。麦克阿瑟森林火灾危险指数 (FFDI) 适用于澳大利亚大部分地区,预测的每日最大值用于通知火灾管理规划决策和发布公共警告。将每日最大 FFDI 的变化和白天 FFDI 值的每小时变化(包括使用不同的土壤水分亏缺指数)与澳大利亚南部六个森林地区的五个二元火灾活动统计数据进行比较,并使用 Theil-Sen 回归线评估性能拟合对百分位曲线进行排序。火灾活动率在每小时 FFDI 分布较宽和较窄的日子里相似,但在一个研究区域中,分布较广的日子经历了更多的火灾。最大每小时 FFDI 指标在所有测试的指标中表现最好,尽管它们之间没有统计学上的显着差异。使用替代计算和不同干旱指数确定的指标的性能也几乎没有差异。这些结果表明,当前使用预测的每小时最大 FFDI 是合适的,而使用替代方法来确定干旱因子几乎没有什么好处。使用替代计算和不同干旱指数确定的指标的性能也几乎没有差异。这些结果表明,当前使用预测的每小时最大 FFDI 是合适的,而使用替代方法来确定干旱因子几乎没有什么好处。使用替代计算和不同干旱指数确定的指标的性能也几乎没有差异。这些结果表明,当前使用预测的每小时最大 FFDI 是合适的,而使用替代方法来确定干旱因子几乎没有什么好处。
更新日期:2020-01-01
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