Ventafocs project

The role of wind in wildfires using of big data and artificial intelligence

Evaluación del papel del viento en los incendios forestales mediante el uso de datos masivo e inteligencia artificial (Ventafocs)

Ventafocs is a CSIC-Momentum project (MNT24-CIDE-01, 2024-2028) funded by Red.es

Ventafocs is developed at CIDE (Valencia), a joint research institute of CSIC, University of Valencia, and Generalitat Valenciana

Ventafocs aims to understand and quantify the role of wind on the fire regime across diverse ecosystems

Left: smoke plumes showing the importance of wind in driving multiple fires in SE Australia (8 Nov 2019). Source

Rignt: The Caribbean hurricane Ophelia reached Europe where it fueled fires in Portugal and Spain, and covered the UK with smoke (16 Oct 2017). Red circles are fires as detected by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). Source

The term "Ventafocs" mean "to fan the fire" in Catalan; it is the Catalan name for the Cinderella [wiki]
The Ventafocs logo was designed by Pep Serra

Ventafocs project

The role of wind in wildfires using of big data and artificial intelligence

Funding