A critical assessment of the Burning Index in Los Angeles County, California

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 473-483

  Schoenberg, Frederic P ^a   Chang, Chien Hsun ^a   Keeley, Jon E ^a,b   Pompa, Jamie ^a   Woods, James ^c   Xu, Haiyong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn area; Model evaluation; Point process; Wildfire; Wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548057600     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF05089     Document Type: Article

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