Bernhard Garn participated as trainee in the 1st NERO Winter School on Fire Spread and Behavior Reconstruction, which was held between February 18 – 21, 2025, at the Command Center of the Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil (engl.,Portuguese National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection; ANEPC) in Carnaxide, Portugal.
The Winter School focused on advancing knowledge and skills in reconstructing wildfire spread and estimating fire behavior descriptors such as the rate of spread via remote sensing. Theoretical aspects presented included remote sensing principles and data applications as well as different data sources such as satellite and airborne data together with their individual characteristics. Practical skills were improved when working in groups on case studies for wildfire reconstruction using Python and QGIS.
Experts in remote sensing, programming, and GIS, including professionals from EUMETSAT, conducted the trainings. Attendees were grateful for the insights provided by members of ANEPC. The Winter School was an overall success, much knowledge acquired by the trainees and perfectly organized by Akli Benali (Vice-Chair of NERO). Special thanks for this Winter School go to the fellow participating trainees, the excellent trainers and dedicated organizers – especially Akli Benali, and to the members of the Command Center of ANEPC for their openness and willingness to share knowledge as well as their great hospitality!
Bernhard Garn is Management Committee (MC) member for Austria in the COST Action european Network on Extreme fiRe behaviOr (COST Action CA22164 NERO). Learn more about the NERO network here: https://nero-network.eu/
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