Extrapolation problems in modeling fire effects at large spatial scales: A review

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 165-176

  McKenzie, Donald ^a   Peterson, David L ^a   Alvarado, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cumulative error; Landscape disturbance; Mechanistic models; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042945912     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF9960165     Document Type: Article

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