FOREST FIRES AND STORM MOVEMENT.<sup>1</sup>

Mccarthy, E. F.

doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1924)52<257:ffasm>2.0.co;2

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“…The important role played by orography in fire evolution has been extensively documented over the last century. However, the importance of the orography in creating fire weather conditions is still considered an open field in the context of mountain meteorological phenomena [8,9]. Nowadays, the fundamentals of the mountain meteorological phenomena that affect fire behaviour are better understood and known as diurnal mountain winds, dynamic channelling, Foehn winds, low-level jets, and mountain waves [10].…”

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Modelling the Atmospheric Environment Associated with a Wind-Driven Fire Event in Portugal

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Increased knowledge of the meteorological conditions that lead to mega-fires is important to prevent wildfires and improve firefighting. This study analyses the atmospheric conditions that led to the largest forest fire ever observed in Portugal in 2019. The fire burned an estimated total area of around 9000 hectares in 12 h. The study is based on two simulations performed with the Meso-NH atmospheric model. The control simulation was configured in a single and large domain with 2500 m resolution, whereas a second simulation was configured using the grid nesting technique with an inner domain with 500 m resolution. The fire developed under typical summer conditions, under the influence of the Azores anticyclone and the presence of the Iberian thermal low. The weather pattern included intense northwest winds in the western region of the Iberian Peninsula. In the fire area, the wind speed was around 7 m s−1 with maximum wind gusts of 15 m s−1, favouring the rapid spread of the fire and characterising the event as a wind-driven fire. This study demonstrates the benefits of the use of large domains and high-resolution numerical simulations to explore the regional and local effects, which are crucial for the evolution of some fires.

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Atmospheric interactions with wildland fire behaviour - I. Basic surface interactions, vertical profiles and synoptic structures

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2012

Int. J. Wildland Fire

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This paper is the first of two reviewing scientific literature from 100 years of research addressing interactions between the atmosphere and fire behaviour. These papers consider research on the interactions between the fuels burning at any instant and the atmosphere, and the interactions between the atmosphere and those fuels that will eventually burn in a given fire. This first paper reviews the progression from the surface atmospheric properties of temperature, humidity and wind to horizontal and vertical synoptic structures and ends with vertical atmospheric profiles. (The companion paper addresses plume dynamics and vortices.) The review reveals several unanswered questions, as well as findings from previous studies that appear forgotten in current research and concludes with suggestions for areas of future research.

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FOREST FIRES AND STORM MOVEMENT.¹

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Modelling the Atmospheric Environment Associated with a Wind-Driven Fire Event in Portugal

Modelling the Atmospheric Environment Associated with a Wind-Driven Fire Event in Portugal

Atmospheric interactions with wildland fire behaviour - I. Basic surface interactions, vertical profiles and synoptic structures

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