Classification and mapping of European fuels using a hierarchical, multipurpose fuel classification system

Aragoneses, Elena; García, Mariano; Salis, Michele; Ribeiro, Luís M.; Chuvieco, Emilio

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1287-2023

Articles | Volume 15, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1287-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1287-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 3

Data description paper

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22 Mar 2023

Data description paper |

| 22 Mar 2023

Classification and mapping of European fuels using a hierarchical, multipurpose fuel classification system

Elena Aragoneses, Mariano García, Michele Salis, Luís M. Ribeiro, and Emilio Chuvieco

Data sets

FirEUrisk_Europe_fuel_map: European fuel map at 1 km resolution Elena Aragoneses, Mariano García, and Emilio Chuvieco https://doi.org/10.21950/YABYCN

Short summary

We present a new hierarchical fuel classification system with a total of 85 fuels that is useful for preventing fire risk at different spatial scales. Based on this, we developed a European fuel map (1 km resolution) using land cover datasets, biogeographic datasets, and bioclimatic modelling. We validated the map by comparing it to high-resolution data, obtaining high overall accuracy. Finally, we developed a crosswalk for standard fuel models as a first assignment of fuel parameters.