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Forest Fire Modeling and the Effect of Fire-Weather in Landscape Fire Behavior for the Region of Attica, Greece

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The knowledge of meteorological conditions is critical for the description of fire weather. In this paper, the mesoscale numerical meteorological model RAMS has been used to simulate the surface wind and temperature in two fire events in the region of Attica in Greece. The FARSITE (Fire Area Simulator) fire model, for the description of forest fire behavior, taking into consideration the influence of fuels, topography and weather conditions. The accuracy of the results was evaluated and confirmed that the use of suitable fuel models is very important for achieving reliable simulations for the devastating fires.

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  1. Department of Geography, University of the Aegean, GR-81100, Mytilene, Greece

    N. Iliopoulos & K. Kalabokidis

  2. Coordinative Operational Centre of Fire Brigade Services, Mikras Asias and Rizareiou 1, Chalandri, GR-15233, Athens, Greece

    N. Iliopoulos & A. Malounis

  3. University of Athens, GR-15784, Athens, Greece

    G. Kallos

  4. Department of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124, Thessaloniki, Greece

    H. Feidas

  5. Harokopion University, 70 El. Venizelou, Kallithea, Athens, GR-17671, Greece

    E. Mavromatidis

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  1. , Department of Physics, University of Athens, University Campus, Athens, 15784, Greece

    Costas G. Helmis

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    Panagiotis T. Nastos

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Iliopoulos, N., Kalabokidis, K., Kallos, G., Feidas, H., Malounis, A., Mavromatidis, E. (2013). Forest Fire Modeling and the Effect of Fire-Weather in Landscape Fire Behavior for the Region of Attica, Greece. In: Helmis, C., Nastos, P. (eds) Advances in Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29172-2_19

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