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WILDLAND FIRE DANGER ESTIMATION AND MAPPING
The Role of Remote Sensing Data


CONTENTS

FRONT MATTER
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Introduction to Fire Danger Rating and Remote Sensing — Will Remote Sensing Enhance Wildland Fire Danger Rating?
Britta Allgöwer, J. D. Carlson and Jan W. van Wagtendonk
1
Current Methods to Assess Fire Danger Potential
J. San-Miguel-Ayanz, J. D. Carlson, Martin Alexander, Kevin Tolhurst, Gary Morgan, Richard Sneeuwjagt and Murray Dudley
21
Estimation of Live Fuel Moisture Content
Pietro Ceccato, Brigitte Leblon, Emilio Chuvieco, Stéphane Flasse and J. D. Carlson
63
Methods Used to Estimate Moisture Content of Dead Wildland Fuels
Andrea Camia, Brigitte Leblon, Miguel Cruz, J. D. Carlson and Inmaculada Aguado
91
Fuel Loads and Fuel Type Mapping
Emilio Chuvieco, David Riaño, Jan Van Wagtendok and Felix Morsdof
119
The Human Factor in Fire Danger Assessment
Vittorio Leone, Nikos Koutsias, Jesús Martínez, Cristina Vega-García, Britta Allgöwer and Raffaella Lovreglio
143
Integration of Physical and Human Factors in Fire Danger Assessment
Emilio Chuvieco, Britta Allgöwer and Javier Salas
197
BACK MATTER
219
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