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Modeling fire spread, fire regime properties and land use changes using satellite and GIS data

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1. Sá, Ana C.L., Bruno Aparicio, Akli Benali, Chiara Bruni, Michele Salis, Fábio Silva, Martinho Marta-Almeida, Susana Pereira, Alfredo Rocha, and José M.C. Pereira (2022)

Coupling wildfire spread simulations and connectivity analysis for hazard assessment: a case study in Serra da Cabreira

Natural Hazards & Earth System Science, 22, 3917–3938. 4.6 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-3917-2022, 2022

Aparício B.A., Pereira J.M.C., Santos F.C., Bruni C., Sá A.C.L. (2022)

Combining wildfire behaviour simulations and network analysis to support wildfire management: a Mediterranean landscape case study

Ecological Indicators, 137: 108726. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108726

Aparício B.A., Santos J.A., Freitas T.R., Sá A.C.L., Pereira J.M.C., Fernandes P.M. (2022)

Unravelling the effect of climate change on fire danger and fire behaviour in the Transboundary Biosphere Reserve of Meseta Iberica (Portugal-Spain)

Climatic Change, 173(1-2): 5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-022-03399-8

Aparício, B.A., F. Alcasena, A. Ager, W Chung, J.M.C. Pereira, and A.C.L. Sá (2022)

Evaluating priority locations and potential benefits for building a nation-wide fuel break network in Portugal

Journal of Environmental Management, 320, 115920. 8.7. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115920

Benali A., Sá A.C.L., Pinho J., Fernandes P.M., Pereira J.M.C. (2021)

Understanding the impact of different landscape-level fuel management strategies on wildfire hazard in Central Portugal

Forests, 12(5): 522. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f12050522

Goncalves A., Oliveira S., Sá A., Benali A., Zezere J.L., Pereira J.M. (2021)

Evaluating the exposure of local communities to rural fires: the case of Alvares, Gois

Finisterra – Revista Portuguesa de Geografia, 56(117): 29-53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis19277

Oliveira S., Rocha J., Sá A. (2021)

Wildfire risk modeling

Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 23: 100274. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coesh.2021.100274

Oliveira S., Goncalves A., Benali A., Sá A., Zezere J.L., Pereira J.M.C. (2020)

Assessing risk and prioritizing safety interventions in human settlements affected by large wildfires

Forests, 11(8): 859. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f11080859

Sá A.C.L., Amaral-Turkman A.M., Pereira J.M.C. (2018)

Exploring fire incidence in Portugal using Generalized Additive Models for Location, Scale and Shape (GAMLSS)

Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 4(1):199-220.

Benali A., Sá A.C.L., Ervilha A.R., Trigo R.M., Fernandes P.M., Pereira J.M.C. (2017)

Fire spread predictions: sweeping uncertainty under the rug

Science of the Total Environment, 592:187–196.

Sá A.C.L., Benali A., Fernandes P.M., Pinto R.M.S., Trigo R.M., Salis M., Russo A., Jerez S., Soares P.M.M., Schroeder W. (2017)

Evaluating fire growth simulations using satellite active fire data

Remote Sensing of Environment, 190: 302-317.

Benali A., Ervilha A.R., Sá A.C.L., Fernandes P., Pinto R.M.S., Trigo R.M., Pereira J.M.C. (2016)

Deciphering the impact of uncertainty on the accuracy of large wildfire spread simulations

Science of the Total Environment, 569–570:73–85.

Benali A., Russo A., Sá A.C.L., Pinto R.M.S., Price O., Koutsias N., Pereira J.M.C. (2016)

Determining fire dates and locating ignition points with satellite data

Remote Sensing, 8(4): 326.

Pinto R.M.S, Benali A., Sá A.C.L., Fernandes P.M., Soares P.M.M., Cardoso R.M., Trigo R.M., Pereira J.MC. (2016)

Probabilistic fire spread forecast as a management tool in an operational setting

Springer Plus, 5(1):1205.

Turkman K.F., Amaral-Turkman M.A., Pereira P., Sá A., Pereira J.M.C. (2014)

Generating annual fire risk maps using Bayesian hierarchical models

Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice, 8(3): 509-533.

Bistinas I., Oom D., Sá A.C.L., Harrison S.P., Prentice I.C., Pereira J.M.C. (2013)

Relationships between human population density and burned area at continental and global scales

PLoS ONE, 8(12): e81188.

Pereira P., Turkman K.F., Amaral Turkman M.A., Sá A., Pereira J.M.C. (2013)

Quantification of annual wildfire risk: a spatio-temporal point process approach

Statistica, 73(1): 55-68.

Sá A.C.L.,Pereira J.M.C., Martin C., Mota B., Fotheringham A.S., Barbosa P.M (2011)

The pyrogeography of sub-Saharan Africa: a study of the spatial non-stationarity of fire-environment relationships using GWR

Journal of Geographical System, 13(3): 227-248.

Sá A.C.L., Pereira J.M.C., Gardner R.H. (2007)

Analysis of the relationship between spatial pattern and spectral detectability of areas burned in southern Africa using satellite data

International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28(16): 3583-3601.

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Book Chapters

Pereira J.M.C., Mota B.W., Sá A.C., Barros A.M., Oliveira S.L. (2008)

Detecção remota da resposta da vegetação em áreas queimadas em 2003

In: Incêndios florestais: 5 anos após 2003. J.S. Silva, E. de Deus e L. Saldanha (Eds.). Liga para a Protecção da Natureza e Autoridade Florestal Nacional, Lisboa, p. 207. ISBN: 978-972-98961-8-7 URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296707122

Projects

CorkNut

Florestas mistas de sobreiro e pinheiro manso: Gestão para valorização dos produtos, promoção da biodiversidade e prevenção de fogos florestais

Duration: 2021-2025

CEF Budget: 163640.00 €

FIRE-MODSAT II

Suporte a decisões de gestão do fogo combinando modelação de propagação do fogo e dados de satélite em contexto operacional em Portugal

Duration: 2019-2021

CEF Budget: 238,658.11 €

foRESTER

Rede de sensores combinada com modelação da propagação do fogo integrado num sistema de apoio à decisão para o combate a incêndios florestais

Duration: 2018-2021

CEF Budget: 93.661 €

FIRE-MODSAT I

Supporting FIRE-suppression strategies combining fire spread MODelling and SATellite data in an operational context in Portugal

Duration: 2014-2015

CEF Budget: 35.508 €