On the comparative importance of fire danger rating indices and their integration with spatial and temporal variables for predicting daily human-caused fire occurrences in Spain

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-58

  Padilla, M ^a   Vega Garcia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

fire risk; fire weather; human factors; logistic regression; regional analysis; validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951745299     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF09139     Document Type: Article

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