The overarching goal of the FLAME project is to **advance the scientific knowledge of extreme fire weather and behavior** in order to increase awareness and preparedness in Greece.
Upon this goal, the following **objectives** are specifically identified:
- Compile the **climatology of critical fire weather patterns**, determining their frequency, duration and strength during a typical fire season in Greece, and examining any relationships between their occurrence and atmospheric teleconnections (e.g. NAO, AO, ENSO) or/and sea-surface temperature anomalies.
- Study the **processes and conditions** under which major transitions in fire behavior take place, determining potential threshold conditions that could be used for predicting extreme fire behavior.
- Advance **fire behavior modeling**, in particular with respect to accurate fire spread prediction, by incorporating the concept of atmospheric stability in a coupled fire-atmosphere modeling system.
Quick Links
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[Planner][1] (**Work coordination and planning**)
[Meetings][2] (**Past and future meetings information**)
[Research Team][3] (**Shortlist of the research team members and their roles/effort**)
Project Identity
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**Acronym**: FLAME
**Title**: Flammable Greece: Increasing awarenes and preparedness for extreme fire weather and behavior.
**Principal Investigator**: Dr. Theodore M. Giannaros (thgian@noa.gr)
**Duration**: 36 months (01/12/2020 - 30/11/2023)
**Budget**: 163,701.00€
Work Plan
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The FLAME project is articulated in **5 work packages (WPs)**, broken down to **17 tasks**:
**WP1**: [Project Management][4]
-- **T1.1**: [FLAME Handbook][5]
-- **T1.2**: [Project Administration][6]
-- **T1.3**: [Periodic Management Reports][7]
**WP2**: [Critical Fire Weather Patterns][8]
-- **T2.1**: [Data Collection][9]
-- **T2.2**: [SOM][10]
-- **T2.3**: [VPD][11]
-- **T2.4**: [Critical Fire Weather Patterns][12]
**WP3**: [Synoptic and Sub-synoptic Dynamics][13]
-- **T3.1**: [Extreme Wildfires Database][14]
-- **T3.2**: [Numerical Simulations][15]
-- **T3.3**: [Dynamics Study][16]
**WP4**: [Fire Spread Modeling][17]
-- **T4.1**: [Gust Parameterization Development][18]
-- **T4.2**: [Gust Parameterization Evaluation][19]
-- **T4.3**: [Numerical Experiments][20]
**WP5**: [Dissemination][21]
-- **T5.1**: [Dissemination Plan][22]
-- **T5.2**: [FLAME Webpage][23]
-- **T5.3**: [Outreach Material][24]
-- **T5.4**: [Publications and Conferences][25]
*Click on the title of each WP or Task to be redirected to the corresponding OSF landing page, where more information is available.*
Deliverables
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The FLAME project includes **26 deliverables** in total. These are reported in the following, ordered by due date and grouped by year.
*Upon the accomplishment of each deliverable, a link is activated, redirecting to the respective document/dataset/code item.*
**YEAR 1** (01/12/2020 - 30/11/2021)
**D1.1** [Project Handbook][26] (**Due date**: 31/12/2020)
**D5.1** [Dissemination Plan][27] (**Due date**: 28/02/2021)
**D5.2** Webpage (**Due date**: 31/05/2021)
**D5.3** E-Newsletter vol.1 (**Due date**: 31/05/2021)
**D1.2** 1st Periodic Progress Report (**Due date**: 30/11/2021)
**D5.3** E-Newsletter vol.2 (**Due date**: 30/11/2021)
**YEAR 2** (01/12/2021 - 30/11/2022)
**D2.1** Critical Fire Weather Patterns Handbook (**Due date**: 31/05/2022)
**D2.2** Critical Fire Weather Patterns Database (**Due date**: 31/05/2022)
**D3.1** Extreme Wildfires Database (**Due date**: 31/05/2022)
**D5.3** E-Newsletter vol.3 (**Due date**: 31/05/2022)
**D1.3** 2nd Periodic Progress Report (**Due date**: 30/11/2022)
**D5.3** E-Newsletter vol.4 (**Due date**: 30/11/2022)
**D5.4** Promotional Video 1 (**Due date**: 30/11/2022)
**YEAR 3** (01/12/2022 - 30/11/2023)
**D3.2** Extreme Fire Weather Simulations (**Due date**: 31/01/2023)
**D3.3** Dynamics Discussion (**Due date**: 30/04/2023)
**D4.1** WRF-Fire Wind Gust Parameterization (**Due date**: 30/04/2023)
**D4.2** WRF-Fire Wind Gust Parameterization Evaluation Report (**Due date**: 30/04/2023)
**D5.3** E-Newsletter vol.5 (**Due date**: 31/05/2023)
**D1.4** 3rd Periodic Progress Report (**Due date**: 30/11/2023)
**D1.5** Final Project Report (**Due date**: 30/11/2023)
**D4.3** Atmospheric Instability Assessment Report (**Due date**: 30/11/2023)
**D5.3** E-Newsletter vol.6 (**Due date**: 30/11/2023)
**D5.4** Promotional Video 2 (**Due date**: 30/11/2023)
**D5.5** Policy Brief (**Due date**: 30/11/2023)
**D5.6** List of Publications (**Due date**: 30/11/2023)
Milestones
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The FLAME project includes **15 milestones** in total. These are reported in the following, ordered by due date and grouped by year.
**YEAR 1** (01/12/2020 - 30/11/2021)
**M1.5** Webpage (**Due date**: 31/05/2021)
**M2.1** SOM-based Weather Types **(Due date**: 30/06/2021)
**M2.2** Critical VPD Thresholds (**Due date**: 30/06/2021)
**M1.2** Periodic Progress Reporting 1 (**Due date**: 30/11/2021)
**YEAR 2** (01/12/2021 - 30/11/2022)
**M1.1** Finalization of Staff Contracts (**Due date**: 31/05/2022)
**M2.3** Critical Fire Weather Patterns (**Due date**: 31/05/2022)
**M3.1** Extreme Wildfires Database (**Due date**: 31/05/2022)
**M1.3** Periodic Progress Reporting 2 (**Due date**: 30/11/2022)
**YEAR 3** (01/12/2022 - 30/11/2023)
**M3.2** Extreme Fire Weather Simulations (**Due date**: 31/01/2023)
**M4.1** Gust Parameterization Development (**Due date**: 31/01/2023)
**M4.2** Gust Parameterization Evaluation (**Due date**: 30/04/2023)
**M1.4** Periodic Progress Reporting 3 (**Due date**: 30/11/2023)
**M4.3** Atmospheric Instability Assessment (**Due date**: 30/11/2023)
**M5.2** Policy Brief (**Due date**: 30/11/2023)
**M5.3** List of Publications (**Due date**: 30/11/2023)
[1]: https://osf.io/cmavh/wiki/0.%20Planner/
[2]: https://osf.io/cmavh/wiki/1.%20Meetings/
[3]: https://osf.io/cmavh/wiki/2.%20Research%20Team/
[4]: https://osf.io/bh4gj/
[5]: https://osf.io/bh4gj/wiki/Task%201.1:%20FLAME%20Handbook/
[6]: https://osf.io/bh4gj/wiki/Task%201.2:%20Project%20Administration/
[7]: https://osf.io/bh4gj/wiki/Task%201.3:%20Periodic%20Management%20Reports/
[8]: https://osf.io/c3d4y/
[9]: https://osf.io/c3d4y/wiki/Task%202.1:%20Data%20Collection/
[10]: https://osf.io/c3d4y/wiki/Task%202.2:%20SOM/
[11]: https://osf.io/c3d4y/wiki/Task%202.3:%20VPD/
[12]: https://osf.io/c3d4y/wiki/Task%202.4:%20Critical%20Fire%20Weather%20Patterns/
[13]: https://osf.io/hqkad/
[14]: https://osf.io/hqkad/wiki/Task%203.1:%20Extreme%20Wildfires%20Database/
[15]: https://osf.io/hqkad/wiki/Task%203.2:%20Numerical%20Simulations/
[16]: https://osf.io/hqkad/wiki/Task%203.3:%20Dynamics%20Study/
[17]: https://osf.io/z56gk/
[18]: https://osf.io/z56gk/wiki/Task%204.1:%20Gust%20Parameterisation%20Development/
[19]: https://osf.io/z56gk/wiki/Task%204.2:%20Gust%20Parameterisation%20Evaluation/
[20]: https://osf.io/z56gk/wiki/Task%204.3:%20Numerical%20Experiments/
[21]: https://osf.io/p7vc5/
[22]: https://osf.io/p7vc5/wiki/Task%205.1:%20Dissemination%20Plan/
[23]: https://osf.io/p7vc5/wiki/Task%205.2:%20FLAME%20Webpage/
[24]: https://osf.io/p7vc5/wiki/Task%205.3:%20Outreach%20Material/
[25]: https://osf.io/p7vc5/wiki/Task%205.4:%20Publications%20and%20Conferences/
[26]: https://osf.io/ukq9v/
[27]: https://osf.io/62tjn/