Detection and Characterization of Plume-Dominated Wildfires

06/26/2025

Extreme wildfires are increasingly hazardous, particularly plume-dominated fires, which exhibit unpredictable behavior due to their self-sustaining convective columns. Despite their significance, these fires remain poorly understood, hindered by limited observational data and fragmented remote sensing approaches. This paper proposes an Artificial Intelligence-based method adaptive framework for real-time detection and characterization of plume-dominated wildfires using satellite and aerial imagery. The framework focuses on three critical aspects: fire intensity, vertical plume development, and rotational motion. Leveraging satellite data, alongside aerial datasets, the methodology dynamically adapts to available data to ensure accurate assessments. The final output is a risk-graded map identifying zones of active or potential plume-dominated activity, and a deeper characterization of the plume internal mechanisms. The proposed framework has significant potential for improving wildfire prediction, management, and mitigation strategies, contributing to improved safety and resource allocation in wildfire-prone regions.

Authors in the community:

• 

  N

  Nuno Fachada

  ist145239

  Affiliations and sources

  IST > LARSYS

  Laboratório de Robótica e Sistemas em Engenharia e Ciência

Springer Cham

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97051-1_10

Technological Innovation for AI-Powered Cyber-Physical Systems - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

759

143

153

978-3-031-97051-1

10.1007/978-3-031-97051-1_10

electrical-engineering-electronic-engineering-information-engineering - Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

Keywords

• Fires
• Risk assessment
• Remote sensing
• Multispectral imagery
• Geoscience

eng - English