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WP Identity
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**Leader**: Vassiliki Kotroni
**Co-leader**: Research Associate
**Contributors**: Theodore M. Giannaros, Sakis Karagiannidis, Elisavet Galanaki, Antonis Bezes
**WP start**: 01/03/2022
**WP end**: 30/04/2023
Objectives
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To describe and characterize the dynamical processes of critical fire weather patterns, verifying the definition of threshold conditions for predicting extreme fire behavior.
Description of Work
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This WP includes the work related to the study of synoptic and sub-synoptic dynamics related to critical fire weather patterns. It therefore encompasses:
- Compiling a database of extreme wildfires (2007 – present) in collaboration with the Hellenic Fire Corps.
- Implementing a NWP model for simulating the atmospheric environment during the chosen case studies
- The analysis of the numerical simulations, focusing on describing and quantifying the dynamical processes that produce the horizontal vertical gradients of temperature, moisture and momentum in the vicinity of wildfires, and building/updating conceptual models.
- Identifying if threshold conditions exist that allow for predicting extreme fire behavior.
Tasks
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**Task 3.1**: [Extreme Wildfires Database][2]
**Task 3.2**: [Numerical Simulations][3]
**Task 3.3**: [Dynamics Study][4]
Deliverables
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**D3.1**: Extreme Wildfires Database (**Due date**: 31/05/2022)
**D3.2**: Extreme Fire Weather Simulations (**Due date**: 31/01/2023)
**D3.3**: Dynamics Disucussion (**Due date**: 30/04/2023)
Milestones
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**M3.1**: Extreme Wildfires Database (**Due date**: 31/05/2022)
**M3.2**: Extreme Fire Weather Simulations **(Due date**: 31/01/2023)
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[1]: https://osf.io/cmavh/wiki/home/
[2]: https://osf.io/hqkad/wiki/Task%203.1:%20Extreme%20Wildfires%20Database/
[3]: https://osf.io/hqkad/wiki/Task%203.2:%20Numerical%20Simulations/
[4]: https://osf.io/hqkad/wiki/Task%203.3:%20Dynamics%20Study/
