Economic analysis of geospatial technologies for wildfire suppression

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 468-477

  Hesseln, Hayley ^a   Amacher, Gregory S ^b   Deskins, Aaron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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EID: 77954139476     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF08155     Document Type: Article

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