Understanding fire, weather and land cover interactions from long-term terrestrial observations and satellite data in a north to south transect in Europe and North Africa
Details
Acronym
GRADIENT
Project title
Understanding fire, weather and land cover interactions from long-term terrestrial observations and satellite data in a north to south transect in Europe and North Africa
Start Date
1 July 2016
End Date
30 September 2017
Coordinator Institute
EIDGENOSSISCHE FORSCHUNGSANSTALT WSL
Funding Body
European Commission Horizon 2020
Budget
11.713.725 €
Thematic Area
Cultural Heritage
Keywords
fires, MSCA, Satellite data
Description
Long-term historical fire records extending back to the late 1800s are very rare worldwide. Three such long-term historical fire data have been found for this research proposal; (i) Switzerland, central Europe (1900-2014), (ii) Greece, south Europe (1897-2014), and (iii) Algeria, north Africa (1870-2014) which together with the spatial-explicit reconstruction of recent fire history from Landsat satellite images (1984-2016), give a unique and excellent opportunity to understand fire.