Comparative Study of Various Methods of Fire Danger Evaluation in Southern Europe

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 235-246

  Viegas, D Xavier ^a   Bovio, Giovanni ^b   Ferreira, Almerindo ^a   Nosenzo, Antonio ^b   Sol, Bernard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Fire danger methods; Fire meteorology; Mediterranean forest fires; Southern Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034558194     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/wf00015     Document Type: Article

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