Wildland fire danger zoning - A methodology

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-43

  Gouma, V ^a   Chronopoulou Sereli, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fire occurrence; Fuel susceptibility; GIS; Meteorological risk; Southeastern Greece; Wildland fire danger zoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032381056     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF9980037     Document Type: Article

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