Advancing effects analysis for integrated, large-scale wildfire risk assessment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 179, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 217-239

  Thompson, Matthew P ^a   Calkin, David E ^a   Gilbertson Day, Julie W ^b   Ager, Alan A ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effects analysis; Expert system; Risk assessment; Uncertainty; Wildfire risk

Indexed keywords

ADVANCING EFFECT; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; EFFECTS ANALYSIS; FEDERAL AGENCY; FIRE EFFECT; FIRE INTENSITY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FUELS TREATMENT; GEO-SPATIAL; MAIN COMPONENT; MITIGATION MEASURES; NONMARKET; PROBABILITY MAPS; PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL; SYSTEMS APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY; WILDFIRE RISK; WILDFIRE SIMULATION; WILDLAND FIRE;

ECOLOGY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FIRES; RATING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERT SYSTEM; FIRE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGHLY VALUED RESOURCE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; FORESTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WILDERNESS;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960436548     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1731-x     Document Type: Article

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