Key message Wildfire danger and burnt areas should increase over the century in southern
Europe, owing to climate warming. Fire-prone area expansion to the north and to …

This paper presents a technique to reconstruct the shape of a flexible instrument in three-dimensional
Euclidean space based on data from fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) that are …

Multicore optical fibers are especially attractive for the fabrication of curvature and shape
sensors due to the spatial distribution of the different cores. Fiber Bragg gratings have been …

Key message Fuel moisture and chemical content affecting live plant flammability can be
measured through laboratory and field techniques, or remotely assessed. Standardization of …

Wildfire risk is increasing in the context of global change, and the need for accurate fuel
model maps in broader areas is becoming urgent to manage large wildfires. Among remote …

This study presents a novel method for twisting compensation in optical shape sensing and
first reports on twisting sensing by using Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBG) inscribed in a spun …

• Introduction The abandonment of rural areas has led to an increase of the fire-prone European
gorse (Ulex europaeus L.) communities in some regions, where prescribed burning is a …

Previous research has demonstrated that remote sensing can provide spectral information
related to vegetation moisture variations essential for estimating live fuel moisture content (…

Sensors based on Bragg gratings inscribed in conventional single mode fibers are expensive
due to the need of a sophisticated, but low-speed, interrogation system. As an alternative …

Spain is one of the Mediterranean countries most severely affected by wildfires during the
last 30 years, despite enhanced fire suppression efforts. At present, forest area is increasing …