Portugal is regularly affected by destructive wildfires that have severe social, economic, and
ecological impacts. The total burnt area in 2017 (∼ 540,000 ha) marked the all-time record …

Changes in the large fire seasons induced by climate variability may have implications in
several sectors of modern society. This communication aims to investigate possible changes …

Understanding the development of fire-generated thunderstorms in mega fire events is
important given their high impact on the evolution of the fire fronts, where the fire spread …

Background Two fire ignitions in Pedrógão Grande on 7 June 2017 had very fast due to
unusual physical processes associated with the interaction between an overhead …

The length of the fire season has not garnered much attention within the broad field of
meteorological research on fire regime change. Fire weather research on the Iberian …

Effective wildfire management and prevention strategies depend on accurate forecasts of
fire occurrence and propagation. Fuel load and fuel moisture content are essential variables …

Socio-demographic changes in recent decades and fire policies centered on fire
suppression have substantially diminished the ability to maintain low fuel loads at the …

Background In Pedrógão Grande on 17 June 2017, two fire fronts merged and the
propagation of the fire was influenced by the interaction of these non-symmetric fire fronts …

The increasing occurrence of large wildfires in Southern European countries calls for the
adoption of more effective measures of fire prevention, to protect people and infrastructures …

Junction fires, a type of dynamic fire behaviour, involve the merging of two active fire fronts.
They have been known to result in extreme increases in rates of fire spread and intensity …