Where's the fire? Quantifying uncertainty in a wildfire threat model

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-25

  Jones, S D ^a   Garvey, M F ^b   Hunter, G J ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Country Fire Authority ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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VICTORIA;

EID: 2442706904     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF02050     Document Type: Article

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