Bachisio Arca – Research scientist

Bachisio Arca
Research scientist
Institute of Biometeorology
Traversa la Crucca, 3
07100, Sassari, Italy
T +39 0792841505
B [email protected]
Í www.ibimet.cnr.it
Research interests
• Calibration and validation of fire behaviour models at landscape scale. Application
of fire behaviour models in fire prevention and management. Effects of weather
variables and climate conditions on fire occurrence and spread. Characterization of
wildland-urban interfaces prone to fires. Fire vulnerability and risk.
• Studies on climate change impact on wildfires probability and severity. Studies on
mitigation and adaptation to climate changes and wildfires.
• Development of fuel models. Estimation and mapping of vegetation characteristics.
Estimation of dendrometric variables by airborne LIDAR and Terrestrial Laser Scanner
data.
• Short-term prediction and estimation of reference evapotranspiration.
• Analysis of airborne pollen time series. Prediction of airborne pollen concentration by
Neural Networks and ARIMA models.
• Gap-filling techniques to estimate missing values of CO2 exchange in eddy covariance
time series.
• Short-term prediction and estimation of global radiation and minimum temperatures.
Education
2001 – 2003 Ph.D. degree in Agrometeorology and Ecophysiology of Agricultural and
Forestry Ecosystems, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Thesis title: Forecast of reference evapotranspiration by numerical weather forecast and time
series models.
1985 – 1991 Master’s degree in Agriculture with honours, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
Thesis title: Competitività dell’industria agro-alimentare italiana nei mercati europei:
un’indagine sull’agro-industria della Sardegna.
Work experience
Dec 2000 – present Permanent researcher, Biometeorology Institute, National Research Council, Sassari,
Italy.
Subject: Calibration and validation of fire behaviour models at landscape scale. Application of
fire behaviour models for fire prevention and management. Simulation of weather variables
effects on fire occurrence and spread. Evaluation of the impact on wildfires of the predicted
changes of climate in Mediterranean basin.
Oct 1996 – Nov 2000 Fixed-term researcher, Istituto per il Monitoraggio degli Agroecosistemi, National
Research Council, Sassari, Italy.
Subject: Development of neural networks and fuzzy models to estimate reference evapotranspiration, solar radiation, air temperature. Time series analysis of weather data.
Mar 1994 – Mar 1996 Scholarship, Istituto per il Monitoraggio degli Agroecosistemi, National Research
Council, Sassari, Italy.
Subject: Application of radiometric and colorimetric techniques to study the spectral response
of vegetation affected by biotic and abiothic stresses; Phytodiagnostic methods and instruments.
May 1992 – Feb 1994 Research fellowship, Consorzio Ricerche Sardegna, Alghero, Italy.
Subject: Calibration of plant disease models. Development of agrometeorological databases to
support plant disease control. Time series analysis and development of climatic databases at
regional scale.
National and international projects
Sep 2012 – present EXTREME - Messa a punto di metodologie e sistemi di supporto per la valutazione del rischio di incendio in condizioni meteorologiche estreme, Principal
investigator.
Subject: Post-processing of weather data, development of wind field data by computational
fluid dynamics models; project management.
Jan 2011 – Jun 2012 MIIUR - Metodologie e indicatori per la valutazione del rischio di Incendio
nelle aree di interfaccia urbano-rurale in ambiente mediterraneo, Principal
investigator.
Subject: Estimation and prediction of wildland-urban interface development, wildfire danger
assessment.
Feb 2009 – Dec 2010 Fornitura di prodotti informatici e ortofotocarte rilevati con tecnologia LIDAR
e iperspettrale, Co-investigator.
Subject: Collection of field data on dendrometric variables, calibration and validation of
airborne LIDAR and hyperspectral data. Fuel inventory applications.
Oct 2007 – Feb 2008 EU ATMOSnet - Studio sulle potenzialità del monitoraggio pollinico nella valutazione quantitativa degli impatti delle variazioni e dei cambiamenti climatici
sulla salute umana, Co-investigator.
Time series analysis of pollen data by autoregressive models and neural networks. Detection
of linear trends and relationships between pollen data and climate changes.
Jan 2010 – Dec 2013 EU FUME - Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world (FP7, G.A.
243888), Work package leader.
Subject: Development of burn probability and severity maps using actual weather data and
future data from regional climate models. Assessment of fire danger and risk variations at
wildland-urban interface.
Jul 2013 – present EU PROTERINA-DUE - The second step towards protection from natural
hazards.
Subject: Development of a fire simulator for operational applications, comprising a massconsistent model to estimate the wind field, the fire spread model of Rothermel, the Level-set
simulation tecnique, and a graphical user interface based on the Google Maps Application
Programming Interface.
May 2009 – Jul 2012 EU PROTERINA-C - Monitoring system for evaluating the impact of climate
variability on nature and urban environments.
Subject: Wildfire spread and behaviour simulation on real case studies. Development of fuel
models. Dissemination and exploitation of project results.
Sep 2012 – present LIDAR - Definizione di una metodologia per il monitoraggio delle infestazioni
da lepidotteri defogliatori nei boschi a Quercus spp. della Sardegna.
Subject: Estimation of forest biomass from point clouds collected by terrestrial laser scanner.
Jul 2010 – Dec 2012 CLIMIMPACT Climate change impacts on crop production and fire danger in
selected Mediterranean areas, Academy of Sciences of Cech Republic.
Subject: Climate change impact on wildfires probability and severity.
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May 2009 – Jul 2012 EU MED-Laine In search of Mediterranean colours and fabrics.
Jul 2008 – Aug 2010 CMCC, Euro-mediterranean centre for climate change, IAFENT Division ”Impacts on Agriculture, Forest, and Natural Ecosystems”.
Subject: Climate change impact on wildfires probability and severity. Seasonal forecasts.
Oct 1992 – Sep 1993 T.E.R.R.A. del Sud - Tecniche di Elaborazione e Rilevamento delle Risorse
Agrometeoambientali del Sud.
Subject: Calibration of plant disease models. Development of agrometeorological databases to
support plant disease control. Time series analysis and development of climatic databases at
regional scale.
Teaching activities
May 2004 – present Ph.D. Program on Agrometeorology and Ecophysiology of Agricultural and
Forest Ecosystems, University of Sassari, Italy, Member of the Teaching Board.
Jan 2013 – Feb 2013 International Master in Fire Planning, Prevention and Fighting in Mediterranean areas (PIROS), University of Sassari, Italy, Lectures on (1) “Environmental factors and fire behaviour” (2) “Wildfire modelling applications”, 6 teaching
hours.
Nov 2003 – Jan 2004 Master in Training for Integrated Research for application of innovative technologies and processes to combat desertification (FRIADE), University of Sassari, Italy, Lectures on “Concept, models, and informatics tools in desertification
studies”, 56 teaching hours.
Dec 2009 – Feb 2011 Fire Behaviour Analyst course for the Sardinian Forestry Corps, University of
Sassari, Italy, Lectures on (1) “Environmental factors and fire behaviour” (2) “Case
study analysis and lesson learned”, 4 teaching hours per year.
Jan 2003 – Dec 2009 Ph.D. Program on Agrometeorology and Ecophysiology of Agricultural and
Forest Ecosystems, University of Sassari, Italy, Lecture on “Data management
and statistical applications”, 32 teaching hours per year.
Dec 2003 – Feb 2009 Ph.D. Program on Agrometeorology and Ecophysiology of Agricultural and
Forest Ecosystems, University of Sassari, Italy, Lecture on “Neural networks and
ARIMA models in time series analysis”, 10 teaching hours per year.
13 Mar 2008 Ph.D. Program on forestry and environmental sciences, IV Intensive advanced
short course, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Lecture on “Methodological approaches
for fire inventory and modelling: wildfire simulators”, 10 teaching hours per year.
Jun 1996 Research Area of Sassari, National Research Council of Italy, Lecture on “Informatics tools in data management and statistical applications”, 20 teaching hours.
Feb 2001 Degree Course on Forest and Environmental Science, University of Sassari,
Italy, Lecture on “Modelling techniques in Forest Ecology”, 3 teaching hours.
May 2008 Master Course on Planning and Management of Forest and Environmental
Systems, University of Sassari, Italy, Lecture on “Modelling techniques in wildfire
analysis and prediction”, 3 teaching hours.
May 2008 Master Course on Planning and Management of Forest and Environmental
Systems, University of Sassari, Italy, Lecture on “Modelling techniques in wildfire
analysis and prediction”, 3 teaching hours.
May 2008 Course Istruzione e Formazione Tecnica Superiore IFTS, ”Tecnico superiore
per il monitoraggio e la gestione del territorio e l’ambiente”, Liceo Scientifico
Spano, Sassari, Italy, Lectures on ”Data management, database applications, geographic information systems, statistical tests”, 25 teaching hours.
Apr 2007 – Jan 2008 Course Istruzione e Formazione Tecnica Superiore (IFTS), ”Tecnico superiore
per il monitoraggio e la gestione del territorio e l’ambiente”, Liceo Scientifico
Azuni, Cagliari, Italy, Lectures on ”Data management, database applications, geographic information systems, statistical tests”, 28 teaching hours.
Jan 2007 – Oct 2007 Ph.D. Program on Agrometeorology and Ecophysiology of Agricultural and
Forest Ecosystems, University of Sassari, Italy, Supervisor of the Ph.D. thesis
“Fire Behaviour Simulation in Mediterranean Areas using FARSITE”.
Jan 2008 – Oct 2008 Ph.D. Program on Agrometeorology and Ecophysiology of Agricultural and
Forest Ecosystems, University of Sassari, Italy, Co-Supervisor of the Ph.D.
thesis “Maquis fuel model development to support spatially-explicit fire modelling
applications”.
May 2006 – Jan 2007 Degree Course on Forest and Environmental Science, University of Sassari,
Italy, Co-Supervisor of the Degree thesis “Characterization of fuel to predict the
wildfire danger”.
Scientific papers
Journals
{ Michele Salis, Maurizio Laconi, Alan A. Ager, Fermin J. Alcasena, Bachisio Arca, Olga Lozano, Ana Fernandes
de Oliveira, and Donatella Spano (2016). “Evaluating alternative fuel treatment strategies to reduce wildfire
losses in a Mediterranean area”. In: Forest Ecology and Management 368, pp. 207 –221. issn: 0378-1127.
doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.03.009
{ Fermín J. Alcasena, Michele Salis, Alan A. Ager, Bachisio Arca, Domingo Molina, and Donatella Spano
(2015). “Assessing Landscape Scale Wildfire Exposure for Highly Valued Resources in a Mediterranean Area”.
English. In: Environmental Management, pp. 1–17. issn: 0364-152X. doi: 10.1007/s00267-015-0448-6
{ Bachisio Arca, Tiziano Ghisu, and Giuseppe A. Trunfio (2015). “GPU-accelerated Multy-objective Optimization of Fuel Treatments for Mitigating Wildfire Hazard”. In: Journal of Computational Science, pp. –. issn:
1877-7503. doi: 10.1016/j.jocs.2015.08.009
{ Tiziano Ghisu, Bachisio Arca, Grazia Pellizzaro, and Pierpaolo Duce (2015). “An optimal Cellular Automata
algorithm for simulating wildfire spread”. In: Environmental Modelling & Software 71.0, pp. 1 –14. issn:
1364-8152. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2015.05.001
{ A. A. Ager, H. K. Preisler, B. Arca, D. Spano, and M. Salis (2014). “Wildfire risk estimation in the
Mediterranean area”. In: Environmetrics 25.6, pp. 384–396. issn: 1099-095X. doi: 10.1002/env.2269
{ Annalisa Canu, Bachisio Arca, Grazia Pellizzaro, Gian Valeriano Pintus, and Roberto Ferrara (2014). “Fire
danger and soil erosion risk in northern Sardinia wildland-urban interface”. eng. In: FLAMMA 5, pp. 103–105.
issn: 2171-665X
{ T. Ghisu, B. Arca, G. Pellizzaro, and P. Duce (2014). “A Level-set Algorithm for Simulating Wildfire
Spread”. English. In: CMES Computer Modeling in Engineering & Science 102.1, pp. 83–102. issn: ... doi:
10.3970/cmes.2014.102.083
{ Michele Salis, Alan A. Ager, FerminJ. Alcasena, Bachisio Arca, Mark A. Finney, Grazia Pellizzaro, and
Donatella Spano (2014). “Analyzing seasonal patterns of wildfire exposure factors in Sardinia, Italy”. English.
In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 187.1, 4175. issn: 0167-6369. doi: 10.1007/s10661-0144175-x
{ Michele Salis, AlanA. Ager, MarkA. Finney, Bachisio Arca, and Donatella Spano (2014). “Analyzing
spatiotemporal changes in wildfire regime and exposure across a Mediterranean fire-prone area”. English. In:
Natural Hazards 71.3, pp. 1389–1418. issn: 0921-030X. doi: 10.1007/s11069-013-0951-0
{ Michele Salis, Alan A. Ager, Bachisio Arca, Mark A. Finney, Valentina Bacciu, Pierpaolo Duce, and Donatella
Spano (2013). “Assessing exposure of human and ecological values to wildfire in Sardinia, Italy”. In:
International Journal of Wildland Fire 22, pp. 549–565. issn: 1448-5516. doi: 10.1071/WF11060
{ Bachisio Arca, Tiziano Ghisu, William Spataro, and Giuseppe A Trunfio (2013). “GPU-accelerated optimization
of fuel treatments for mitigating wildfire hazard”. In: Procedia computer science. Vol. 18. Amsterdam:
Elsevier, pp. 966–975. doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2013.05.262
{ A. Franca, F. Sanna, S. Nieddu, G. A. Re, G.V. Pintus, A. Ventura, P. Duce, M. Salis, and B. Arca
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(2012). “Effects of grazing on the traits of a potential fire in a Sardinian wooded pasture”. In: Options
méditerranéennes. Série A: séminaires méditerranéens 102, pp. 307–311. issn: 1016-121X
Toussaint Barboni, Grazia Pellizzaro, Bachisio Arca, Nathalie Chiaramonti, and Pierpaolo Duce (2010).
“Analysis and origins of volatile organic compounds smoke from ligno-cellulosic fuels”. In: Journal of Analytical
and Applied Pyrolysis 89.1, pp. 60–65. issn: 01652370. doi: 10.1016/j.jaap.2010.05.006
B. Arca, V. Bacciu, P. Duce, G. Pellizzaro, M. Salis, and D. Spano (2009). “Maps of the likelihood of spread
and severity of fire in a report different scenarios of fuel moisture and weather [Mappe di probabilità di
propagazione e severità di incendio in relazione a differenti scenari meteorologici e di umidità del combustibile]”.
In: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology 2. cited By 0
G. Pellizzaro, A. Canu, B. Arca, C. Cesaraccio, and A. Vargiu (2009). “Influence of temperature on flowering
oleaceae, grasses and pinaceae: 20 years of data [Influenza della temperatura sulla fioritura delle oleacee,
graminacee e pinacee: 20 anni di dati]”. In: Italian Journal of Agrometeorology 2
G. Pellizzaro, A. Ventura, B. Arca, A. Arca, and P. Duce (2009). “Effect of changes of air temperature and
rainfall on the fuel plant in environment Mediterranean [Effetto delle variazioni della temperatura dell’aria e
delle precipitazioni sullo stato del combustibile vegetale in ambiente mediterraneo]”. In: Italian Journal of
Agrometeorology 2
Bachisio Arca, P. Duce, M. Laconi, G. Pellizzaro, M. Salis, and D. Spano (2007). “Evaluation of FARSITE
simulator in Mediterranean maquis”. In: International Journal of Wildland Fire 16.5, pp. 563–572. issn:
1049-8001. doi: 10.1071/WF06070
B. Arca, P. Duce, D. Spano, R. L. Snyder, and M. Fiori (2004). “Use of Numerical Weather Forecast and
Time Series Models for Predicting Reference Evapotranspiration”. In: Acta horticulturae 664, pp. 39–46.
issn: 0567-7572
B. Arca, F. Benincasa, and M. De Vincenzi (2000). “Miglioramento tramite reti neurali dei modelli matematici
per la stima dellévapotraspirazione”. ita. In: Rivista di ingegneria agraria 2, pp. 89–95. issn: 0304-0593
B. Arca, F. Benincasa, A. Materassi, and A. Ventura (2000). “Progettazione e realizzazione di uno strumento
per la misura non distruttiva della biomassa vegetale”. ita. In: Rivista di ingegneria agraria 4, pp. 201–206.
issn: 0304-0593
L Bacci, M De Vincenzi, B Rapi, B Arca, and F Benincasa (1998). “Two methods for the analysis of
colorimetric components applied to plant stress monitoring”. In: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
19.2, pp. 167 –186. issn: 0168-1699. doi: 10.1016/S0168-1699(97)00042-2
B. Arca, F. Benincasa, M. Bianchini, M. De Vincenzi, and M. Gori (1998). “Le reti neurali nel calcolo dei
flussi radiativi”. ita. In: Rivista di ingegneria agraria 1, pp. 26–31. issn: 0304-0593
G. Pellizzaro, A. Ventura, B. Arca, and A. Canu (1998). “A non destructive method to determine leaf
chlorophyll content in grain sorghum”. eng. In: Agricoltura mediterranea 128, pp. 1–9. issn: 0394-0438
P. Duce, B. Arca, D. Spano, A. Ventura, and I. Usai (1997). “Uno strumento per la misura non distruttiva
del contenuto in clorofilla: applicabilità dello strumento agli agrumi”. ita. In: Italus hortus 4, pp. 26–31.
issn: 1127-3496
P. Duce, D. Spano, F. Benincasa, P. Deidda, and B. Arca (1996). “Colorimetric technique for evaluating leaf
stress status: an example for water stress”. eng. In: Advances in horticultural science 10, pp. 33–38. issn:
0394-6169
Proceedings
{ Pierpaolo Duce, Grazia Pellizzaro, Bachisio Arca, Gian Valeriano Pintus, Roberto Ferrara, and Christophe
Bouillon (2014). “Wildland urban interface growth during the last 50 years in North Sardinia, Italy: implications
for fire risk”. In: Fourth Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference Progeedings. 18-22 February 2013, Raleigh,
NC and 1-4 July 2013, St. Petersburg, Russia: International Association of Wildland Fire, pp. 455–456
{ Grazia Pellizzaro, Bachisio Arca, Gian Valeriano Pintus, Roberto Ferrara, Christophe Bouillon, and Pierpaolo
Duce (2014b). “Urbanizzazione e paesaggio costiero: alcune implicazioni sul rischio di incendio in un’area
turistica della Sardegna”. ita. In: Atti della XVIII Conferenza Nazionale ASITA 2014, pp. 977–983. isbn:
978-88-903132-9-5
{ Grazia Pellizzaro, Roberto Ferrara, Andrea Ventura, Tiziano Ghisu, Bachisio Arca, Angelo Arca, Pierpaolo
Masia, and Pierpaolo Duce (2014a). “Potential of terrestrial laser scanning in Mediterranean broadleaf trees”.
eng. In: ForestSAT2014 Open Conference System, pp. 1–1
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Masia, and Pierpaolo Duce (2014b). “Semi-automatic segmentation of wood and foliage using Terrestrial
Laser Scanner”. eng. In: Abstract Book of the Global Change Research Symposium 2014: Human and
Ecosystem Response to Global Change. Evidence and Application. Firenze: Accademia Italiana di Scienze
Forestali, pp. 67–67. isbn: 978-88-87553-20-8
G. Pellizzaro, B. Arca, M. Dubrovsky, A. Ventura, S. Bortolu, and P. Duce (2013). “Local impact assessment
of climate change on fire season length”. eng. In: Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference SISC. Climate
change and its implications on ecosystem and society. Lecce: Società Italiana per le Scienze del Clima,
pp. 670–684. isbn: 9788897666080
G. Pellizzaro, G.V. Pintus, R. Ferrara, P. Duce, C. Bouillon, M. Long-Fournel, D. Morge, F. Casula, and
B. Arca (2013). “Le dinamiche del paesaggio costiero: evoluzione storica delle aree di interfaccia urbanorurale (RUI) in unárea del Nord Sardegna”. ita. In: Atti del Convegno Annuale dell’Associazione Italiana di
Cartografia. Sassari
M. Dubrovsky, P. Duce, B. Arca, and G. Pellizzaro (2012). “Multi-GCM Climate Projection for the
Mediterranean and Related Impact on the Forest Fire Risk (with a stress on Sardinia)”. In: Geophysical
research abstracts. Vol. 14. Göttingen: Copernicus publications
G.V. Pintus, B. Arca, A. Ventura, P. Duce, A. Franca, G.A. Re, and F. Sanna (2012). “La prevenzione da
incendi boschivi in aree di rilevante interesse naturalistico: il ruolo dei sistemi informativi geografici”. In:
Bollettino Associazione Italiana di Cartografia. Vol. 144-145-146
M. Dubrovski, P. Duce, B. Arca, and G. Pellizzaro (2011). “Climate projection for the Mediterranean and
implications for the forest fire risk (with a stress on Sardinia)”. In: Book of Abstracts of the I International
Conference on Fire Behaviour and Risk. Sassari: EDES, pp. 74–75. isbn: 978-88-6025-190-9
Pierpaolo Duce, Roberto Ferrara, and Bachisio Arca (2011). “Applicazione dei laser scanner terrestri in
campo agro-forestale e ambientale”. In: Atti della 15◦ Conferenza Nazionale ASITA. Parma, pp. 951–962
G. Pellizzaro, A. Ventura, B. Arca, T. Ghisu, P. Masia, and P. Duce (2011). “Expected impacts of climate
change on live fuel moisture content in Mediterranean shrub species”. In: Proceedings of the 9th Symposium
on Fire and Forest Meteorology. American Meteorological Society
B. Arca, M. Salis, G. Pellizzaro, V. Bacciu, D. Spano, P. Duce, A. Ager, and M. Finney (2010). “Climate
change impact on fire probability and severity in Mediterranean areas”. In: Proceedings of the VI International
Conference on Forest Fire Research. Coimbra: ADAI, Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica
Industrial, Coimbra (PRT)
V. Bacciu, M. Salis, A. P. Chergia, D. Spano, G. Pellizzaro, B. Arca, and P. Duce (2010). “Fuel consumption
and smoke characterization in Mediterranean ecosystem using FOFEM 5.” In: VI International Conference
on Forest Fire research. Coimbra: ADAI, Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial,
Coimbra (PRT). isbn: 978-989-20-2157-7
Pellizzaro Grazia, Ventura Andrea, Arca Bachisio, Arca Angelo, Duce Pierpaolo, Bacciu Valentina, and Spano
Donatella (2010). “Estimating effects of future climate on duration of fire danger season in Sardinia”. eng.
In: Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Forest Fire Research. Coimbra: ADAI, Associação
para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial, Coimbra (PRT), pp. 123–123. isbn: 978-989-20-2157-7
G. Pellizzaro, A. Ventura, B. Arca, V. Bacciu, A. Arca, D. Spano, and P. Duce (2010). “Estimating effects
of future climate on duration of fire danger season in Sardinia.” In: Proceedings of the VI International
Conference on Forest Fire research. ADAI, Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Aerodinâmica Industrial,
Coimbra (PRT). isbn: 978-989-20-2157-7
C. Sirca, V. Bacciu, M. Salis, B. Arca, P. Duce, A. Alessandri, A. Borrelli, A. Navarra, and D. Spano (2010).
“Seasonal fire danger forecast for the Euro-Mediterranean area”. In: Proceedings of the 29th Conference on
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. American meteorological Society
B. Arca, V. Bacciu, G. Pellizzaro, M. Salis, A. Ventura, G. Brundu, P. Duce, and D. Spano (2009). “Fuel
model mapping by IKONOS imagery to support spatially esplicit fire simulators”. In: Proceedings of the VII
International EARSeL Workshop. Potenza: Il Segno - Arti grafiche, pp. 75–78. isbn: 978-88-904367-0-3
B. Arca, V. Bacciu, G. Pellizzaro, M. Salis, A. Ventura, P. Duce, and D. Spano (2009). “Fuel load prediction
in burned and unburned Mediterranean maquis”. In: Proceedings of the 6th Mediterranean Combustion
Symposium. Porticcio, Ajaccio
B. Arca, M. Salis, P. Duce, D. Spanu, and A. Ventura (2009). “Assessing the impact of wind field on fire
spread and behaviour under climate change scenarios”. In: Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on Fire and
Forest Meteorology. Boston: American Meteorological Society, p. 156378
{ C. Bouillon, M.M. Fernandez Ramiro, C. Sirca, B. Fierro Garcia, F. Casula, B. Vila, M. Long Fournel, G.
Pellizzaro, B. Arca, F. Tedim, F. Trebini, A. Derudas, and S. Cane (2014). “A tool for mapping rural-urban
interfaces on different scales”. eng. In: Advances in Forest Fire Research. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade
de Coimbra, pp. 611–625. isbn: 978-989-26-0884-6. doi: 10.14195/978-989-26-0884-6\_70
{ V. Bacciu, M. Salis, D. Spano, B. Arca, G. Pellizzaro, and P. Duce (2009). “Assessment of Smoke Emission
and Carbon Estimates from Mediterranean Maquis Fire Events”. In: Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on
Fire and Forest Meteorology. Boston: American Meteorological Society, P1.15.1–P1.15.6
{ G. Pellizzaro, A. Ventura, B. Arca, A. Arca, V. Bacciu, and P. Duce (2009). “Expected impacts of climate
change on fuel status in Mediterranean shrublands”. In: Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on Fire and
Forest Meteorology. Boston: American Meteorological Society, p. 156303
{ M. Salis, B. Arca, V. Bacciu, P. Duce, and D. Spano (2009). “Assessment of fire severity in a mediterranean
area using FLAMMAP simulator”. In: Proceedings of the Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology.
Boston: American Meteorological Society, P1.9.1–P1.9.6
{ C. Sirca, D. Spano, M. Salis, B. Arca, and P. Duce (2009). “Evaluation of fire danger indices in Sardinia
(Italy)”. In: Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology. Boston: American
Meteorological Society, p. 156329
{ B. Arca, P. Duce, M. Salis, D. Spano, and P. Dore (2008). “Assessing the impact of recurrent wildfires
and tourist activities in a Mediterranean area”. eng. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference
on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas. Management for
Protection and Sustainable Development. Firenze: CNR-IBIMET, pp. 333–336. isbn: 978-88-7970-408-3
{ B. Arca, V. Bacciu, P. Duce, G. Pellizzaro, M. Salis, and D. Spano (2007). In: Proceedings of the 7th
Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology. Boston: American Meteorological Society, P1.10.1–P1.10.5
{ B. Arca, P. Duce, G. Pellizzaro, V. Bacciu, M. Salis, and D. Spano (2007). “Evaluation of FARSITE
simulator in a Mediterranean area”. eng. In: Proceedings of the 4th International Wildland Fire Conference.
Madrid: Organismo Autónomo de Parques Nacionales, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, TS4–1–TS4–10. isbn:
978-84-8014-690-6
{ A. Canu, B. Arca, G. Ghiglieri, D. Pittalis, M. Deroma, A. Ventura, and A. Arca (2007). “Fire intensity
in moderate drought conditions: effect on topsoil properties in Mediterranean shrubland vegetation”. In:
Proceedings of the VII Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology. American Meteorological Society
{ Arnoldo Vargiu, Carla Cesaraccio, Bachisio Arca, Annalisa Canu, and Grazia Pellizzaro (2007). “Influence of
heat accumulation on olive tree flowering dates in a Mediterranean region”. In: Zbornik radova proceeding
42nd Croatian & 2nd International Symposium on Agriculture. Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of
Agriculture, pp. 53–56. isbn: 978-953-6135-57-8
{ B. Arca, D. Spano, R. L. Snyder, M. Fiori, and P. Duce (2006). “Short-term forecasting of reference
evapotranspiration using limited area models and time series techniques”. In: Proceedings of the 27th
Conference on Agricultural and Foret Meteorology. Boston: American Meteorological Society, J1.13.1–
J1.13.4
{ G. Pellizzaro, A. Canu, B. Arca, C. Cesaraccio, and A. Vargiu (2006a). “Meteorological pattern and
airborne pollen concentration trends in a Mediterranean region”. In: 17th Conference on Biometeorology
and Aerobiology. American meteorological Society
{ B. Arca, M. Laconi, A. Maccioni, G. Pellizzaro, and M. Salis (2005). “Validation of FARSITE model in
Mediterranean area”. In: Proceedings of the 6th Symposium of Fire and Forest Meteorology. American
meteorological Society
{ B. Arca, P. Duce, D. Spano, M. Fiori, and R.L. Snyder (2004). “Previsione dellévapotraspirazione di
riferimento mediante metodi numerici e tecniche di analisi delle serie storiche”. ita. In: Gli agroecosistemi
nel cambiamento climatico. Granarolo dell’Emilia: Pàtron, pp. 6–7
{ B. Arca, G. Pellizzaro, A. Canu, and G. Vargiu (2004). “Use of neural networks to short-term forecast
of airborne pollen data”. In: 16th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology. Vancouver, Canada:
American meteorological Society
{ B. Arca, P. Duce, M. Fiori, D. Spano, and R. L. Snyder (2003). “Use of numerical weather forecast and
time series models for predicting reference evapotranspiration”. In: Proceedings of the 4th International
Symposium on Irrigation of Horticultural Crops. Davis, California: International Society for Horticultural
Science. isbn: 978-90-66053-66-3
{ C. Asunis, B. Arca, P. Duce, and D. Spano (2003). “Ricostruzione dei flussi di CO2 di un ecosistema a
macchia mediterranea mediante reti neurali”. In: Atti del 3◦ Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di
Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale. Alberi e Foreste per il Nuovo Millennio. Viterbo: SISEF - The Italian
Society of Silvicuture and Forest Ecology, pp. 423–429
{ B. Arca, G. Pellizzaro, A. Canu, and G. Vargiu (2002). “Airborne pollen forecasting: evaluation of ARIMA
and neural network models”. In: Proceedings of the 15th conference on biometeorology and aerobiology
joint with the 16th International Congress on Biometeorology. American meteorological Society, pp. 194–196
{ G. Pellizzaro, A. Canu, B. Arca, and G. Vargiu (2002). “Forecasting the dates of peak airborne pollen
concentration of Olea europea L. in north Sardinia (Italy): evaluation of two methods based on degree days”.
In: 15th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology. Kansas City: American Meteorological Society
{ B. Arca, F. Benincasa, and M. De Vincenzi (2001). “Evaluation of neural network techniques for estimating
evapotranspiration”. In: Proceeding of the Engineering Application of Neural Networks Conference. Cagliari,
pp. 62–69
{ B. Arca, A. Materassi, A. Serri, and A. Ventura (2001). “Neural network estimation of crop biomass
by ultrasonic measurements”. In: Conference on Engineering Application of Neural Networks Conference.
Cagliari
Book chapters
{ B. Arca, M. Salis, J. Benoit, B. Duguy, F. Alcasena, N. Koutsias, G. Mallinis, G. Zavala, I. R. Urbieta,
T. Curt, and D. Spano (2014). “Assessing changes in fire hazard in Mediterranean landscapes by fire
modeling”. In: Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and
other fire-affected areas of the world. FUME. Lesson learned and outlook. Ed. by J. M. Moreno, pp. 24–25.
isbn: 978-84-695-9759-0
{ V. Bacciu, R. Trigo, D. Spano, F. Masala, B. Duguy, P. Pastor, P. Sousa, A. Venäläinen, F. Mouillot,
J.M. Moreno, G. Zavala, I.R. Urbieta, N. Koutsias, F. Xystrakis, M. Arianoutsou, G. Mallinis, M.E. González,
R. Urrutia, A. Lara, A. Kavcaci, G. Midgley, D. Guo, D. le Maitre, G. Forsyth, D. Southey, B. Arca, L. Bonora,
C. Conese, C. da Camara, M.G. Pereira, C. Gouveia, A. Camia, G. Amatulli, L. Vilar, J. San Miguel-Ayanz,
T. Hairech, F. Assali, A. Mokssit, K. Cherki, and H. Alaoui (2014). “Fire and weather relationships: present
climate”. In: Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and
other fire-affected areas of the world. FUME. Lesson learned and outlook. Ed. by J. M. Moreno, pp. 18–19.
isbn: 978-84-695-9759-0
{ E. Maillé, M.M. Fernandez Ramiro, C. Bouillon, C. Sirca, F. Alcasena, B. Arca, A. Bellet, B. Fierro, F. Casula,
M. Long-Fournel, D. Morge, G. Pellizaro, O. Price, L. Pugnet, M. Salis, D. Spano, A. Syphard, B. Vila,
R. Ferrara, G.V. Pintus, Q. Henaff, M. Santini, E. Scoccimarro, V. Bacciu, and C. Quesada (2014). “Wild
fire risk in the rural-urban interface (RUI)”. in: Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in
Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world. FUME. Lesson learned and outlook.
Ed. by J. M. Moreno, pp. 14–15. isbn: 978-84-695-9759-0
{ Grazia Pellizzaro, Martin Dubrovsky, Sara Bortolu, Bachisio Arca, Andrea Ventura, and Pierpaolo Duce
(2014a). “Potential impact of climate change on live fuel moisture dynamic at local scale”. eng. In:
Advances in Forest Fire Research. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, pp. 1231–1238. isbn:
978-989-26-0884-6. doi: 10.14195/978-989-26-0884-6
{ Grazia Pellizzaro, Martin Dubrovsky, Sara Bortolu, Bachisio Arca, Andrea Ventura, and Pierpaolo Duce
(2014b). “Use of weather generators for assessing local scale impact of climate change on dead fuel moisture”.
eng. In: Advances in Forest Fire Research. Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, pp. 1295–1300.
isbn: 978-989-26-0884-6. doi: 10.14195/978-989-26-0884-6\_142
{ B. Arca, G. Pellizzaro, P. Duce, M. Salis, V. Bacciu, D. Spano, A. Ager, M. A. Finney, and E. Scoccimarro
(2012). “Potential changes in fire probability and severity under climate change scenarios in Mediterranean
areas”. In: Modelling Fire Behaviour and Risk. Muros: Nuova StampaColor S.r.l., pp. 92–98. isbn:
978-88-904409-7-7
{ V. Bacciu, G. Pellizzaro, M. Salis, B. Arca, P. Duce, and D. Spano (2012). “Estimating vegetation fire
emissions from Sardinian wildland fires (2005-2009)”. In: Modelling Fire Behaviour and Risk. Muros: Nuova
StampaColor S.r.l., pp. 34–40. isbn: 978-88-904409-7-7
{ C. Dessy, P. Fiorucci, M. D’Andrea, E. Trasforini, L. Di Carlo, G. Fois, S. Canu, M. Casula, G. Cavalli,
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G. Congiu, M. Idini, F. Petretto, R. Pinna Nossai, S. Rancati, C. Sirca, G. Pellizzaro, and B. Arca (2012).
“An operational diagnostic chain, implemented within the Proterina-C project, to include weather measures in
RISICO model”. In: Modelling Fire Behaviour and Risk. Muros: Nuova Stampa Color, pp. 193–198. isbn:
9788890440977
P. Duce, G. Pellizzaro, B. Arca, A. Ventura, V. Bacciu, M. Salis, S. Bortolu, D. Spano, P. A. Santoni,
T. Barboni, V. Leroy, D. Cancellieri, E. Leoni, L. Ferrat, and Y. Perez (2012). “Fuel types and potential fire
behaviour in Sardinia and Corsica islands: a pilot study”. In: Modelling Fire Behaviour and Risk. Muros:
Nuova StampaColor S.r.l., pp. 2–8. isbn: 978-88-904409-7-7
T. Ghisu, B. Arca, G. Pellizzaro, and P. Duce (2012). “An Application of the Level-set Method to Fire Front
Propagation”. In: Modelling Fire Behaviour and Risk. Muros: Nuova StampaColor S.r.l., pp. 120–125. isbn:
978-88-904409-7-7
G. Pellizzaro, B. Arca, G. V. Pintus, R. Ferrara, and P. Duce (2012). “Wildland-urban interface dynamics
during the last 50 years in North East Sardinia”. In: Modelling Fire Behaviour and Risk. Muros: Nuova
Stampa Color, pp. 249–254. isbn: 9788890440977
D. Spano, M. Salis, B. Arca, P. Duce, V. Bacciu, and C. Sirca (2012). “Evaluation of the Integrated Fire Index
(IFI) in Sardinia”. In: Modelling Fire Behaviour and Risk. Muros: Nuova StampaColor S.r.l., pp. 187–192.
isbn: 978-88-904409-7-7
B. Arca, P. Duce, G. Pellizzaro, V. Bacciu, M. Salis, and D. Spano (2009). “Simulazione della propagazione
degli incendi su vegetazione a macchia mediterranea”. In: Incendi Boschivi: Prevenzione, Lotta e Controllo
con i nuovi Strumenti Tecnologici. Vol. 8. Ricerca Trasferimento e Innovazione. Firenze: Centro stampa,
Giunta Regione Toscana, pp. 79–84
B. Arca, A. Canu, G. Pellizzaro, and A. Vargiu (2008). “Oleaceae pollen data as indicator of climatic
change in Mediterranean area”. In: ATMOSnet Aerobiological Territorial Mediterranean-Oriental Systemic
network ACTA. ed. by M. Menegozzo, A.M. Matrone, and D. Guglielmelli. ARPAC, pp. 61–68. isbn:
978-88-902451-5-2
B. Arca, G. Pellizzaro, P. Duce, A. Ventura, P. Zara, D. Spano, C. Sirca, M. Salis, R. L. Snyder, and
U. K. T. Paw (2007). “Effetto dei cambiamenti climatici sul rischio di incendi boschivi in area mediterranea”.
In: Clima e cambiamenti climatici: le attività di ricerca del CNR. Roma: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche,
pp. 721–724. isbn: 978-88-8080-075-0
G. Pellizzaro, B. Arca, A. Canu, and C. Cesaraccio (2007). “Monitoraggio pollinico per lo studio dell’effetto
dei cambiamenti climatici in ambiente mediterraneo”. In: Clima e cambiamenti climatici: le attività di ricerca
del CNR. Roma: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, pp. 433–436. isbn: 9788880800750
B. Arca, F. Benincasa, and M. De Vincenzi (2002). “Uso delle reti neurali per il miglioramento di modelli per
la stima dei parametri meteorologici”. In: Dai parametri meteorologici ai modelli per lo sviluppo e la crescita
delle colture: acquisizione e validazione dei dati meteorologici. Volume n.12 della Collana Tecnico-scientifica
IBIMET. Firenze: CNR-IBIMET, pp. 79–85
C. Asunis, B. Arca, P. Duce, and D. Spano (2002). “Completamento delle serie giornaliere e storiche”. In:
Dai parametri meteorologici ai modelli per lo sviluppo e la crescita delle colture: acquisizione e validazione
dei dati meteorologici. Firenze: CNR-IBIMET, pp. 85–93
B. Arca, F. Benincasa, M. De Vincenzi, P. Duce, G. Fasano, A. Materassi, D. Spano, and A. Ventura
(1998). “Prospettive metodologiche e strumentali nella stima dell’evapotraspirazione”. eng. In: La stima
dell’evapotraspirazione delle colture: applicazioni e limiti. Vol. 1. Firenze: CNR-IBIMET, pp. 103–138
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