Table 1 Environmental variables used for modeling forest fire-vulnerability risk of Nepal. Abbreviations used in text and variable units are also given
From: Forest fire pattern and vulnerability mapping using deep learning in Nepal
Category | Data source | Variables | Abbreviation | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bioclimatic | WorldClim | Annual mean temperature | Bio1 | °C |
Mean diurnal range | Bio2 | °C | ||
Isothermality | Bio3 | Dimensionless | ||
Temperature seasonality (standard deviation) | Bio4 | °C | ||
Maximum temperature of warmest month | Bio5 | °C | ||
Minimum temperature of coldest month | Bio6 | °C | ||
Annual temperature range | Bio7 | °C | ||
Mean temperature of wettest quarter | Bio8 | °C | ||
Mean temperature of driest quarter | Bio9 | °C | ||
Mean temperature of warmest quarter | Bio10 | °C | ||
Mean temperature of coldest quarter | Bio11 | °C | ||
Annual precipitation | Bio12 | mm | ||
Precipitation of wettest month | Bio13 | mm | ||
Precipitation of driest month | Bio14 | mm | ||
Precipitation seasonality (coefficient of variation) | Bio15 | Dimensionless | ||
Precipitation of wettest quarter | Bio16 | mm | ||
Precipitation of driest quarter | Bio17 | mm | ||
Precipitation of warmest quarter | Bio18 | mm | ||
Precipitation of coldest quarter | Bio19 | mm | ||
Topographic | USGS GTOPO30 | Elevation | elevation | m |
Aspect | aspect | Degree | ||
Slope | slope | Degree | ||
GEOFABRIK | Distance to water | dist_water | km | |
Vegetation-related | MODIS 13Q1 | Mean Normalized Difference Vegetation Index | ndvi_mean | Dimensionless |
ICIMOD Land cover | Forest cover | forest | Dimensionless | |
Anthropogenic | SEDAC | Population density | pop_density | People km−2 |
GEOFABRIK | Distance to path | dist_path | km | |
Survey Department Nepal | Distance to settlement | dist_settle | km | |
Livestock Geo-Wiki | Livestock density | livestock_den | Livestock km−2 |