Potential influence of meteorological variables on forest fire risk in Serbia during the period 2000-2017

Tošić I.; Mladjan D.; Gavrilov M. B.; Živanović S.; Radaković M. G.; Putniković S.; Petrović P.; Mistridželović I. Krstić; Marković S. B.

doi:10.1515/geo-2019-0033

Open Geosciences (Aug 2019)

Potential influence of meteorological variables on forest fire risk in Serbia during the period 2000-2017

Tošić I.,
Mladjan D.,
Gavrilov M. B.,
Živanović S.,
Radaković M. G.,
Putniković S.,
Petrović P.,
Mistridželović I. Krstić,
Marković S. B.

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Tošić I.: University of Belgrade-Faculty of Physics, Institute for Meteorology, Dobračina 16, 11000Belgrade, Serbia
Mladjan D.: University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies, Cara Dušana 196, 11080Belgrade, Serbia
Gavrilov M. B.: Chair of Physical Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3, 21000Novi Sad, Serbia
Živanović S.: Emergency Management Sector of Serbia, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
Radaković M. G.: Chair of Physical Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3, 21000Novi Sad, Serbia
Putniković S.: University of Belgrade-Faculty of Physics, Institute for Meteorology, Dobračina 16, 11000Belgrade, Serbia
Petrović P.: Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia, Kneza Višeslava 66, 11000Belgrade, Serbia
Mistridželović I. Krstić: University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies, Cara Dušana 196, 11080Belgrade, Serbia
Marković S. B.: Chair of Physical Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3, 21000Novi Sad, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2019-0033
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 414 – 425

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To examine potential relationships between meteorological variables and forest fires in Serbia, daily temperature, precipitation, relative humidity and wind speed data for 15 meteorological stations across Serbia were used to construct fire indices. The daily values of the Ångström and Nesterov indices were calculated for the period 2000–2017. A high number of forest fires occurred in 2007 and 2012 in Serbia, during a period of extremely high air temperatures in 2007, followed by the longest heat wave and the worst drought in 2012.

Published in Open Geosciences

ISSN: 2391-5447 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Science: Geology
Website: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/geo

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