Statistical analysis for the spatial validity of a model to forecast the daily number of forest fires |
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Authors: | A. García Diez L. Rivas Soriano F. de Pablo Dávila E. L. García Diez |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Mathematics, University of Oviedo, E.U. Jovellanos, C/Ramiro de Maeztu 1, E-33201 Gijón, Spain;(2) Department of Atmospheric Physics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Salamanca, Pl. de la Merced s/n, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain |
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Abstract: | In earlier papers a qualitative and quantitative model was developed for predicting the number of forest fires occurring per day. This model permits the forecast at 00.00 hours Universal Time Convention (UTC) of any day (d), the number of forest fires per day for a range of several days (d tod+5) over a particular region. Input data are the number of forest fires in the region during two preceding days (d–2 andd–1) and the type of day (real and evaluated from radiosonde ford–2,d–1,d and predicted from meteorological medium-range forecasts, i.e. of European Centre, ford+1,d+2,d+3,d+4 andd+5. As this model requires data obtained by radiosonde, particularly temperatures and geopotentials at 850 and 700 hPa and dew points (or specific humidity) at 850 hPa, this study investigates the spatial validity of the model in relation to the distance from the radiosonde station (RS). The highest quality forecast is obtained for the region immediately surrounding the RS, and diminishes with increasing distance from it, this being due to the data obtained from the RS not being representative of the atmospheric column over the region. Hence, the derivation of the critical distance for a particular quality level of measurement. Conversely, fixed quality level implies a specific separation between RS and the region for the prediction, with a higher predictive quality implying a shorter distance. |
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Keywords: | Forest fires Fire weather Forest fires forecast Statistics of forest fires |
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