Dataset

Fire danger indices historical data from the Copernicus Emergency Management Service

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Dataset Objective

To provide data on fire danger indices.

Context

The data covers the period from 1940 to the present. The fire danger metrics provided are part of a vast dataset produced by the Copernicus Emergency Management Service for the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS).

What is included

Data contains: fire weather index, build up index, danger risk, drought code, duff moisture code, initial fire spread index, fine fuel moisture code, fire daily severity rating, Keetch-Byram drought index, fire danger index, spread component, energy release component, burning index and ignition component.

Collection Methods

Fire danger indices are calculated using weather forecast from historical simulations provided by ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis