Abstract Live Fuel Moisture Content (LFMC) is a critical variable affecting fire ignition,
behavior and severity in many ecosystems. Although the use of meteorological drought …

PROPAGATOR is a stochastic cellular automaton model for forest fire spread simulation,
conceived as a rapid method for fire risk assessment. The model uses high-resolution …

Quantification of the role of fire within the Earth system requires an adequate representation
of fire as a climate‐controlled process within an Earth system model. To be able to address …

Fire has long shaped biological responses of plants and plant communities in many
ecosystems; yet, uncontrolled wildfire frequently puts people and infrastructure at risk. Fuel …

Evaluation is a crucial component for model credibility and acceptance by researchers and
resource managers. The nature and characteristics of free-burning wildland fires pose …

Previous research has demonstrated that remote sensing can provide spectral information
related to vegetation moisture variations essential for estimating live fuel moisture content …

Most studies on the effect of fuel moisture content (FMC) on forest fire behaviour focus on
dead fuel moisture; mechanisms of fire spread in live vegetation are considered to remain …

Relative humidity of air is directly related to fuel moisture. Fuel moisture is often considered
as the index of flammability in the context of bushfire. Variation of relative humidity and fuel …

Live fuel moisture content (LFMC) influences fire activity at landscape scale and fire
behaviour in laboratory experiments. However, field evidence linking LFMC to fire behaviour …

Soil moisture depletion during the growing season can induce plant water stress, thereby
driving declines in grassland fuel moisture and accelerating curing. These drying and curing …