Coal Fire Prediction

Coal fire prediction

Figure 1: Coal fire crack. Source: Rueter, Horst at the German language Wikipedia.		Coal fire prediction Coal fires are highly dangerous natural and anthropogenic hazards. Besides causing substantial environmental damage, they also destroy important coal resources and adversely impact the affected land. The prediction of areas that are prone to coal fires will contribute considerably to their mitigation and to the implementation of sound land management practices.

Figure 2: Geological Map of China

Figure 3: Vegetation zones of China

Figure 4: Coal fires in Xinjiang

Figure 5: Map of coal fire probability of China 96% of the known coal fire locations were found through modelling with a probability threshold set to 0,55.