Time-clustering investigation of fire temporal fluctuations in Portugal

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 661-666

  Telesca, L ^a   Pereira, M G ^b,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 77951004622     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-661-2010     Document Type: Article

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