A comparative review on wildfire simulators

IEEE Systems Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-243

  Papadopoulos, George D ^a   Pavlidou, Fotini Niovi ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Event propagation; FARSITE; simulator models; wildfire

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PROCESSES; DISCRETE EVENT MODELS; EVENT PROPAGATION; FARSITE; FOREST FIRES; SIMULATOR MODELS; TEST ENVIRONMENT; TIME AND SPACE; WILDFIRE;

DEFORESTATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FORECASTING; OIL SPILLS; SIMULATORS;

FIRES;

DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FORECASTS; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION;

EID: 79957704546     PISSN: 19328184     EISSN: 19379234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2011.2125230     Document Type: Review

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