Baranovskiy N.V. Forest fire occurrences and ecological impact prediction

Novosibirsk: Publishing House of the SB RAS, 2017. — 259 p.The monograph presents the main results, obtained by domestic and foreign researchers in the area of forest fire occurrence and their environmental effects prediction. Data on the main processes and factors, influencing the forest fire occurrence, are given. Processes of forest fuel drying and inflammation are considered. Special attention is given to such important forest fire danger factors as weather conditions, anthropogenic load and thunderstorm activity. Foreign and domestic methods of forest fire danger prediction are described. Issues of pollutants emission and transfer, forest fires effects on biogeocenosis and population health are considered. Subjects of numerical weather forecast, high performance computing on supercomputers, geoinformation systems development are analyzed. Development prospects of approaches and technologies of forest fire danger prediction are discussed. The monograph is meant for experts in the area of forest fire protection, researchers, postgraduate students and senior students.