Statistical forecasting of soil dryness index in the southwest of Western Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 183, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 147-157

  Li, Y ^a   Campbell, E P ^a   Haswell, D ^b   Sneeuwjagt, R J ^b   Venables, W N ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Bentley Delivery Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Box Jenkins seasonal ARIMA model; Seasonal decomposition model; Soil dryness index (SDI)

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

SOIL DRYNESS INDEX (SDI);

ECOLOGY;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; INDEX METHOD; MODEL; SOIL MOISTURE;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0042194513     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00103-8     Document Type: Article

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