7th GWIS/GOFC Fire Implementation Team Meeting, 17th - 18th September 2024
Meeting Venue: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Area Territoriale della Ricerca Milano 1 Via Alfonso Corti 12, 20133, Milan, Italy
The GOFC/GOLD-Fire Mapping and Monitoring Theme seeks to refine and articulate the international observation requirements and encourage the best possible use of fire products from existing and future satellite observing systems, for fire management, policy decision-making and global change research.
The meeting will focus on the latest updates on Global Wildfire Information Systems, satellite remote sensing of active fires and burnt areas, GHG emissions, calibration and validation of fire products, etc., including strengthening GOFC-GOLD regional network collaborations.
Tuesday, September 17th 9:15 – 10.00 Opening
- Welcome – National Research Council (CNR)
- Agenda and Objectives of Meeting - D. Roy, M. Wooster
- GOFC-GOLD Regional Network Update - Krishna Vadrevu (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center) [Presentation]
10:00 – 11:00 Active Fire, Burned Area and Mapping #1 (Chair: Martin Wooster)
[12-minute presentation, plus questions and speaker turnaround]
- Recent advances in the ESA FireCCI and C3S products, E. Chuvieco [Presentation]
- NRT mapping of burnt areas in GWIS, A. Branco
- MODIS to VIIRS continuity of the burned area products, L. Boscetti, D.Roy
11:15 – 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 – 12:45 Active Fire, Burned Area and Mapping #2 (Chair: Ioannis Gitas)
[12-minute presentation, plus questions and speaker turnaround]
- Quality and Maturity Assessment of EO-based fire products, B. Mota [Presentation]
- Static thermal anomalies & contributions to global/regional thermal activity, G. Roberts [Presentation]
- Active Fire Product Update from European Satellites, M. Wooster [Presentation]
- NOAA update, W. Schroeder, I. Csiszar [Presentation]
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch break
14:30 – 15:45 Operational Systems, Data and Management #1 (Chair: Krishna Vadrevu)
[12-minute presentation, plus questions and speaker turnaround]
- Developments in RedLATIF, Isabel Cruz [Presentation]
- Implementing Monthly Mapping of Indonesia’s Burned Areas: History, Techniques, and Future Works, I. Albar [Presentation]
- Greek Observatory of Forest Fires: Advances in operational services at national level, Ioannis Gitas (Univ. Thessaloniki, Greece) [Presentation]
- Savanna Fires: Miombo woodlands management in Southern Africa [Presentation]
- Developing Foundational Wildfire Datasets for New Zealand, L. Kiely [Presentation]
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break [30 minutes]
16:30 – 17:30 Operational Systems #2 (Chair: Francesca di Giuseppe)
[12-minute presentation, plus questions and speaker turnaround]
- NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS): Updates and Feedback from End Users, D. Davies [Presentation]
- Status and plans for observations and products from SAFs and updates on MTG, F. Fierli [Presentation]
- WildFireSat Mission and the CEOS WildFirePilot, Mark de Jong [Presentation]
- Towards automated high-resolution burned area mapping in complex small scale fires in the UK with PLANET data. K. Tansey [Presentation]
Tuesday, September 17th
09:15 – 10:15 Fire Intensity, Forecasting & Fire Futures (Chair: Adam Leavesley)
[12-minute presentation, plus questions and speaker turnaround]
- Collaboration not Competition: A Global Good Approach to the Wildfire Crisis", Karen O'Connor et al., Earth Fire Alliance (online).
- Analysis of extreme fire behaviour, D. Viegas [Presentation]
- Pyroconvection and Extreme Fire Events Trends Globally: What to Expect Next in fire behavior intensification, M. Castellnou
- Progress in Data-Driven Fire Danger Forecasting, F. di Giuseppe [Presentation]
10:30 – 11.00 Coffee break [30 minutes]
11:00 – 12:00 Fire Planning: Risk, Danger, Early Detection & Prescribed Burns (Chair: G Roberts)
[12-minute presentation, plus questions and speaker turnaround]
- Information on the FirEUrisk project, E. Chuvieco [Presentation]
- Generating fire risk information from satellite images: fuel and vulnerability, Patricia Oliva [Presentation]
- Towards an integrated approach to detect fires early, M. Yebra [Presentation]
- Using remotely information to expand prescribed burn capability, A. Leavesley [Presentation]
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch break [1 hour 45 minutes]
14:00 – 14:45 International Initiatives on Wildfires (Chair: Luigi Boschetti)
[12-minute presentation, plus questions and speaker turnaround]
- WMO wildfire global initiatives, Adanna Robertson-Quimby and Sara Basart (online)
- CEOS wildfire pilot, Mark De Jong (Natural Resources Canada, Canada) [Presentation]
- Clarity on the Fire Essential Climate Variables and/or Gap Analysis (M Wooster)
15:00-16:00 Coffee Break, Informal Side Discussions, Suggested AOB
16:00 – 16:30 CEOS LPV Burned Area protocol discussion led by Louis Giglio
16:30– 17:00 Formulation of a 12-month plan for GOFC Fire/GWIS (Chair: David Roy)
17:00 – 17.30 Summary & Discussion on Next Meeting (D. Roy, M. Wooster)
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Meeting Location
Milan, Italy
Meeting start date
09/17/2024
Meeting end date
09/18/2024
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