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)

Results and outreaching

Scientific papers

Plaza-Martin NP, Bedoya-Valestt S, Martinez-Roig M, Monsalvez-Pozo K, Manrique-Alba À, Granell-Haro F, Andres-Martin M, Azorin-Molina C, Pausas JG, Royo-Aranda A, Gil Guallar M, Rondon Velasco M del M, Navarro J, Gonzalez-rouco JF, Garcia-Bustamante E, Begueria S, Mcvicar TR. 2026. Evaluation of ERA5, ERA5-Land, CERRA and NEWA datasets in reproducing observed near-surface wind speeds across Spain. Advances in Climate Change Research 17(5): 1011-1023. [doi]

Talks and contributions to conferences

Plaza-Martin NP, Manrique-Alba A, Azorin-Molina C, Pausas JK, 2026. Wind influence on wildfire activity in Spain (1985-2021). Advances in Forest Fire Research, Ed. D.X. Viegas & L.M. Ribeiro (Ed.), Coimbra (Portugal), 1-8 pp.

Plaza-Martin NP, Plésiat E, Monsalvez-Pozo K, Martinez-Roig M, Alba-Manrique A, Azorin-Molina C, Pausas JG, 2026. Reconstruction of wind speed with partial convolutional model keeps observed long-term changes. Ellis Winter School 2026, Athens (Greece), 16-20 March 2026. Poster presentation.

Plaza-Martin NP, Manrique-Alba A, Plésiat E, Azorin-Molina C, Pausas JG. 2026 Wind variability influencing wildfires in Spain. EGU General Assembly 2026. Vienna, Austria, 3 - 8 May 2026. Poster presentation. EGU26-12564.

Plaza-Martin NP, Manrique-Alba A, Azorin-Molina C, Pausas JG, 2025. ¿Cuál es la contribución del viento a la propagación de los incendios forestales? 9º Congreso Forestal Español, Gijón, Spain, 16-20 June 2025. Poster presentation.

Plaza-Martin NP, Azorin-Molina C, Pausas JG, 2025. VENTAiFOCS: desenredando las relaciones existentes entre el viento y los incendios forestales. IV Encuentro Extremeño de Climatología. Badajoz, Spain, 12-13 June 2025. Oral presentation.

Plaza N.P. 2025. VENTAFOCS: Quantifying the role of wind variability in the spread of forest fires. Workshop Global Wildfire Decision Support System, 1-2 April 2025, Ispra, Italy.