Matthias Forkel

Exposure of settlements to wildfires in a transboundary wildland–urban interface region in Central Europe

Abstract. Climate change has been causing a noticeable rise in disastrous wildfires in Mediterranean and temperate forests. Although forest fires were of smaller size and less concern in Central Europe than for example in the Mediterranean, the region has recently experienced lar...

A global dataset of forest disturbance regimes derived from satellite biomass observations

Abstract. Forests play a central role in the global carbon cycle by serving as critical carbon sinks for atmospheric CO2. Yet, the stability and continued capacity of these sinks are increasingly threatened by a growing number of disturbances. Accurately representing the stochast...