Experts from the US, UK and Spain are analyzing remote sensing and fire modeling techniques in Valencia

On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Higher Technical School of Geodetic Engineering, Cartography and Topography (ETSIGCT) of the University Politècnica de València (UPV) is hosting a workshop entitled “New remote sensing techniques for 3D mapping of forest structure and fire modeling” that brings together national and international experts from countries such as United States or United Kingdom, from the sector in a workshop open to the registered general public. The workshop, derived from the FIREMODE project of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, is organized by UPV in collaboration with the Ministry itself, the Spanish Public Remote Sensing Agency and the publisher of open access scientific journals MDPI. This “workshop” includes experts from the Missoula Forest Service (US), the University of Montana (US), Swansea University (UK), the University of Salford (UK), and CSIC. The University of Oviedo, the Politecnica de Catalunya University and the UPV itself, the academic entity said in a statement. We are currently witnessing fires that are becoming increasingly aggressive and difficult to control,” explained Professor of the Department of Mapping, Geodesy and Photogrammetry Engineering at UPV and member of the Geophysical Mapping and Remote Sensing Group (CGAT-UPV) Luis Ángel Ruiz. “, which is why he considered the presence of mapping and other data collection elements “of great interest not only to institutions and researchers, but to society in general.” He noted that fire models take into account “many factors,” some of which “can be obtained through data “remote sensing and others require field measurement, such as wind or relative humidity of the environment in that area.” “Moment.” In this sense, he highlighted the importance of being able to model this data, because “depending on the structure of the vegetation (density, heights, types or gaps), we can better understand how fire spreads later, in such areas.” A method “of modeling, different scenarios that allow us to predict the impact of fire under certain weather conditions.” In this regard, Ruiz stressed that in recent years There has been “the emergence of not only traditional satellite instruments, but also drones, laser-based ground instruments, LiDAR technologies and photogrammetry, which can generate point clouds above the forested lunar structure to complement the information that satellites give us,” and for this reason “The combination of all of this” was considered “key” to “preventing fires and fighting them once they occur.”