Machine learning in environmental research: common pitfalls and best practices

JJ Zhu, M Yang, ZJ Ren - Environmental Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Machine learning (ML) is increasingly used in environmental research to process large data
sets and decipher complex relationships between system variables. However, due to the …

A review of machine learning applications in wildfire science and management

P Jain, SCP Coogan, SG Subramanian… - Environmental …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Artificial intelligence has been applied in wildfire science and management since the 1990s,
with early applications including neural networks and expert systems. Since then, the field …

Exacerbated fires in Mediterranean Europe due to anthropogenic warming projected with non-stationary climate-fire models

M Turco, JJ Rosa-Cánovas, J Bedia, S Jerez… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The observed trend towards warmer and drier conditions in southern Europe is projected to
continue in the next decades, possibly leading to increased risk of large fires. However, an …

Climate change impact on future wildfire danger and activity in southern Europe: a review

J Dupuy, H Fargeon, N Martin-StPaul, F Pimont… - Annals of Forest …, 2020 - Springer
Key message Wildfire danger and burnt areas should increase over the century in southern
Europe, owing to climate warming. Fire-prone area expansion to the north and to …

[HTML][HTML] Multivariate quantile mapping bias correction: an N-dimensional probability density function transform for climate model simulations of multiple variables

AJ Cannon - Climate dynamics, 2018 - Springer
Most bias correction algorithms used in climatology, for example quantile mapping, are
applied to univariate time series. They neglect the dependence between different variables …

Decreasing fires in mediterranean Europe

M Turco, J Bedia, F Di Liberto, P Fiorucci… - PLoS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Forest fires are a serious environmental hazard in southern Europe. Quantitative
assessment of recent trends in fire statistics is important for assessing the possible shifts …

Forest fire danger extremes in Europe under climate change: variability and uncertainty

D De Rigo, G Libertà, TH Durrant, TA Vivancos… - 2017 - hal.science
Forests cover over a third of the total land area of Europe. In recent years, large forest fires
have repeatedly affected Europe, in particular the Mediterranean countries. Fire danger is …

Climate change impacts on wildfires in a Mediterranean environment

M Turco, MC Llasat, J von Hardenberg, A Provenzale - Climatic Change, 2014 - Springer
We analyse the observed climate-driven changes in summer wildfires and their future
evolution in a typical Mediterranean environment (NE Spain). By analysing observed climate …

The dynamics and drivers of fuel and fire in the Portuguese public forest

PM Fernandes, C Loureiro, N Guiomar… - Journal of environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
The assumption that increased wildfire incidence in the Mediterranean Basin during the last
decades is an outcome of changes in land use warrants an objective analysis. In this study …

Estimating the probability of wildfire occurrence in Mediterranean landscapes using Artificial Neural Networks

M Elia, M D'Este, D Ascoli, V Giannico, G Spano… - Environmental Impact …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wildfires are a major disturbance in the Mediterranean Basin and an ecological factor that
constantly alters the landscape. In this context, it is crucial to understand where wildfires are …