Assessing spatial uncertainty of the Portuguese fire risk through direct sequential simulation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-33

  Durao R M ^a   Pereira, M J ^a   Branquinho, C ^b   Soares, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Direct sequential simulation; Risk of fire; Spatial uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BAYES FORMALISM; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; DIRECT SEQUENTIAL SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS; FIRE FIGHTING; FIRE PREVENTION; FIRE RISKS; FOREST FIRES; HISTORICAL DATA; MAIN COMPONENT; PORTUGAL; POSTERIOR PROBABILITY; RESOURCES ALLOCATION; SEQUENTIAL SIMULATION; SIMULATED IMAGES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY; TEMPORAL PATTERN; UNCERTAINTY MEASURES;

DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIREPROOFING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FIRES;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

DISTRIBUTION; FOREST FIRES; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SIZE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449702185     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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