Simulating wildfire patterns using a small-world network model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1463-1471

  Adou, J K ^a   Billaud, Y ^b   Brou, D A ^a   Clerc, J P ^b   Consalvi, J L ^b   Fuentes, A ^b   Kaiss, A ^b   Nmira, F ^b   Porterie, B ^b   Zekri, L ^c   Zekri, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET DE LA TECHNOLOGIE D ORAN MOHAMED BOUDIAF   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Forest fire; Fractal properties; Monte Carlo method; Small world network; Solid flame model

Indexed keywords

FIRE SCARS; FIRE SCENARIOS; FIRE SPREAD; FLAME RADIATION; FOREST FIRES; FRACTAL PROPERTIES; HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES; LAND SURFACE; LOCAL CONDITIONS; MODEL RESULTS; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; RADIATIVE HEAT FLUXES; REAL FIRE; SATELLITE IMAGES; SMALL WORLD NETWORKS; SOLID FLAME MODELS; SOUTH AFRICA; VALIDATION RESULTS; WEIGHTING PROCEDURE;

DEFORESTATION; FLAMMABILITY; FRACTALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FIRES;

FOREST FIRE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX; HETEROGENEITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SAVANNA; TOPOGRAPHY; WILDFIRE;

FRANCE;

EID: 77952101967     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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