Where Do Fires Burn More Intensely? Modeling and Mapping Maximum MODIS Fire Radiative Power from Aboveground Biomass by Fuel Type in Mexico
Mapping potential fire intensity is a fundamental tool for fire management planning. Despite the wide use of Fire Radiative Power (FRP) as an indicator of expected fire intensity and fire emissions, very few studies have spatially analyzed the role of remotely sensed proxies of vegetation productivi...
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| author | Diana Aime Tinoco-Orozco Daniel José Vega-Nieva Jaime Briseño-Reyes Mesías Edwin Dominguez-Amaya Adrián Israel Silva-Cardoza Carlos Ivan Briones-Herrera Juan Gabriel Álvarez-González José Javier Corral Rivas Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano Enrique J. Jardel-Pelaez Diego Perez-Salicrup Ana Daría Ruiz-González |
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| description | Mapping potential fire intensity is a fundamental tool for fire management planning. Despite the wide use of Fire Radiative Power (FRP) as an indicator of expected fire intensity and fire emissions, very few studies have spatially analyzed the role of remotely sensed proxies of vegetation productivity to explain FRP. The current study aimed at modeling and mapping the relationships between aboveground biomass and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) maximum FRP, at 1 km pixel, in 2011–2020, for each of 46 fuel regions in the entirety of Mexico. Maximum FRP–biomass relationships supported a novel hypothesis of varying constraints of fire intensity. In lower-productivity areas, such as semiarid shrub- and grass-dominated ecosystems, fine fuel loads limited fire occurrence and FRP was positively related to biomass. In the more productive areas, such as temperate or tropical forests, a humped relationship of FRP against biomass was observed, suggesting an intermediate-productivity hypothesis of maximum fire intensity within those regions. In those areas, the highest fire intensity was observed in the intermediate biomass areas, where surface (timber understory) and crown fuel availability, together with higher wind penetration, can result in crown fires. On the contrary, within the most productive areas, the lowest intensity occurred, likely due to weather and fuel (timber litter) limitations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-16009ecf5e84481e9cabc21c4c1301102025-08-20T02:44:38ZengMDPI AGFire2571-62552025-01-01825410.3390/fire8020054Where Do Fires Burn More Intensely? Modeling and Mapping Maximum MODIS Fire Radiative Power from Aboveground Biomass by Fuel Type in MexicoDiana Aime Tinoco-Orozco0Daniel José Vega-Nieva1Jaime Briseño-Reyes2Mesías Edwin Dominguez-Amaya3Adrián Israel Silva-Cardoza4Carlos Ivan Briones-Herrera5Juan Gabriel Álvarez-González6José Javier Corral Rivas7Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano8Enrique J. Jardel-Pelaez9Diego Perez-Salicrup10Ana Daría Ruiz-González11Programa Institucional de Doctorado en Ciencias Agropecuarias y Forestales, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Río Papaloapan y Blvd, Durango S/N Col. Valle del Sur, Durango 34120, MexicoFacultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Río Papaloapan y Blvd, Durango S/N Col. Valle del Sur, Durango 34120, MexicoFacultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Río Papaloapan y Blvd, Durango S/N Col. Valle del Sur, Durango 34120, MexicoPrograma Institucional de Doctorado en Ciencias Agropecuarias y Forestales, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Río Papaloapan y Blvd, Durango S/N Col. Valle del Sur, Durango 34120, MexicoCentro de Investigación en Ciencias de Información Geoespacial, Ciudad de México 14240, MexicoPrograma Institucional de Doctorado en Ciencias Agropecuarias y Forestales, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Río Papaloapan y Blvd, Durango S/N Col. Valle del Sur, Durango 34120, MexicoDepartamento de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Universitario S/N, 27002 Lugo, SpainFacultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Río Papaloapan y Blvd, Durango S/N Col. Valle del Sur, Durango 34120, MexicoInstituto de Silvicultura e Industria de la Madera, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Boulevard del Guadiana 501, Ciudad Universitaria, Torre de Investigación, Durango 34120, MexicoCentro Universitario de la Costa Sur, Universidad de Guadalajara, Av. Independencia Nacional No. 151, Autlán de Navarro 48900, MexicoInstituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Autónoma de México, Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro No. 8701, Col. Ex Hacienda de San José de la Huerta, Morelia 58190, MexicoDepartamento de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Ingeniería, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Campus Universitario S/N, 27002 Lugo, SpainMapping potential fire intensity is a fundamental tool for fire management planning. Despite the wide use of Fire Radiative Power (FRP) as an indicator of expected fire intensity and fire emissions, very few studies have spatially analyzed the role of remotely sensed proxies of vegetation productivity to explain FRP. The current study aimed at modeling and mapping the relationships between aboveground biomass and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) maximum FRP, at 1 km pixel, in 2011–2020, for each of 46 fuel regions in the entirety of Mexico. Maximum FRP–biomass relationships supported a novel hypothesis of varying constraints of fire intensity. In lower-productivity areas, such as semiarid shrub- and grass-dominated ecosystems, fine fuel loads limited fire occurrence and FRP was positively related to biomass. In the more productive areas, such as temperate or tropical forests, a humped relationship of FRP against biomass was observed, suggesting an intermediate-productivity hypothesis of maximum fire intensity within those regions. In those areas, the highest fire intensity was observed in the intermediate biomass areas, where surface (timber understory) and crown fuel availability, together with higher wind penetration, can result in crown fires. On the contrary, within the most productive areas, the lowest intensity occurred, likely due to weather and fuel (timber litter) limitations.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/8/2/54FRPvarying constraints hypothesis of fire intensityfire hazardfuelsbiomasscarbon |
| spellingShingle | Diana Aime Tinoco-Orozco Daniel José Vega-Nieva Jaime Briseño-Reyes Mesías Edwin Dominguez-Amaya Adrián Israel Silva-Cardoza Carlos Ivan Briones-Herrera Juan Gabriel Álvarez-González José Javier Corral Rivas Pablito Marcelo López-Serrano Enrique J. Jardel-Pelaez Diego Perez-Salicrup Ana Daría Ruiz-González Where Do Fires Burn More Intensely? Modeling and Mapping Maximum MODIS Fire Radiative Power from Aboveground Biomass by Fuel Type in Mexico Fire FRP varying constraints hypothesis of fire intensity fire hazard fuels biomass carbon |
| title | Where Do Fires Burn More Intensely? Modeling and Mapping Maximum MODIS Fire Radiative Power from Aboveground Biomass by Fuel Type in Mexico |
| title_full | Where Do Fires Burn More Intensely? Modeling and Mapping Maximum MODIS Fire Radiative Power from Aboveground Biomass by Fuel Type in Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Where Do Fires Burn More Intensely? Modeling and Mapping Maximum MODIS Fire Radiative Power from Aboveground Biomass by Fuel Type in Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Where Do Fires Burn More Intensely? Modeling and Mapping Maximum MODIS Fire Radiative Power from Aboveground Biomass by Fuel Type in Mexico |
| title_short | Where Do Fires Burn More Intensely? Modeling and Mapping Maximum MODIS Fire Radiative Power from Aboveground Biomass by Fuel Type in Mexico |
| title_sort | where do fires burn more intensely modeling and mapping maximum modis fire radiative power from aboveground biomass by fuel type in mexico |
| topic | FRP varying constraints hypothesis of fire intensity fire hazard fuels biomass carbon |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/8/2/54 |
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