Modeling spatial patterns of fire occurrence in Mediterranean Europe using Multiple Regression and Random Forest

In November 2015, the FLuorescence EXplorer (FLEX) was selected as the eighth Earth Explorer mission of the European Space Agency. The tandem mission concept will provide measurements at a spectral and spatial resolution enabling the retrieval and interpretation of the full chlorophyll fluorescence spectrum emitted by the terrestrial vegetation. This paper provides a mission concept overview of the scientific goals, the key objectives related to fluorescence, and the requirements guaranteeing the fitness for purpose of the resulting scientific data set. We present the mission design at the time of selection, i.e., at the end of project phase Phase A/B1, as developed by two independent industrial consortia. The mission concepts both rely on a single payload Fluorescence Imaging Spectrometer, covering the spectral range from 500 to 780 nm. In the oxygen absorption bands, its spectral resolution will be 0.3 nm with a spectral sampling interval of 0.1 nm. The swath width of the spectrometer is 150 km and the spatial resolution will be $300 \times 300~\text{m}^{2}$ . The satellite will fly in tandem with Sentinel-3 providing different and complementary measurements with a temporal collocation of 6 to 15 s. The FLEX launch is scheduled for 2022.

The FLuorescence EXplorer Mission Concept—ESA’s Earth Explorer 8

National Forest Inventories (NFIs) are becoming increasingly important worldwide in order to provide information about the multiple functions of forests, e.g. their provision of raw materials to industry, biodiversity and their capacity to store carbon for mitigating climate change. In several countriesthehistoryofNFIsisverylong. �Forthesecountriesaspecificchallengeistokeepthe � inventoriesup-to-datewithoutsacrificingtheadvantagesassociatedwithlongtimeseries. �Atthe � turn of the 20th century European NFIs faced some major challenges. In this article we describe the history and the recent developments of the Swedish NFI as an example from which general observations are made and discussed. The Swedish NFI started in 1923 and has evolved from an inventory with a narrow focus on wood resources to an inventory today which aims to provide information about all major forest ecosystem services. It can be concluded that the traditional approachesofmostEuropeanNFIs, �e.g. �tocollectdatathroughsampleplotfieldinventories, �has � provedtobeapplicableevenforawiderangeofnewinforma tionrequirements. �Specifically , � detailed data about land use, trees, vegetation, and soils has found new important uses in con- nection with biodiversity assessments and the estimation of greenhouse gas emissions. Though time-consuminganddifficult, �makingNFIinformationcompa rableacrosscountriesthrough � harmonizationappearstobeausefulapproach. �TheEuropeanNationalForestInventoryNetwork� (ENFIN) was formed in 2003 and has been successful in pan-European NFI harmonization.

Adapting National Forest Inventories to changing requirements - the case of the Swedish National Forest Inventory at the turn of the 20th century

Policies on economic use of natural resources require considerations to social and cultural values. In order to make those concrete in a planning context, this paper aims to interpret social and cultural criteria, identify indicators, match these with verifier variables and visualize them on maps. Indicators were selected from a review of scholarly work and natural resource policies, and then matched with verifier variables available for Sweden’s 290 municipalities. Maps of the spatial distribution of four social and four cultural verifier variables were then produced. Consideration of social and cultural values in the studied natural resource use sectors was limited. The spatial distribution of the verifier variables exhibited a general divide between northwest and south Sweden, and regional rural and urban areas. We conclude that it is possible to identify indicators and match them with verifier variables to support inclusion of social and cultural values in planning.

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Social and Cultural Sustainability: Criteria, Indicators, Verifier Variables for Measurement and Maps for Visualization to Support Planning

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State of Europe\'s forests, 2011: status & trends in sustainable forest management in Europe

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