Integrating new methods and tools in fire danger rating

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306-316

  Vasilakos, Christos ^a   Kalabokidis, Kostas ^a   Hatzopoulos, John ^a   Kallos, George ^b   Matsinos, Yiannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

geo informatics; GIS; natural hazards; neural networks; wildfires.

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547314494     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF05091     Document Type: Article

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