Statistical analysis of the fire environment of large forest fires (>1000 ha) in Greece

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 327-332

  Dimitrakopoulos, Alexandros ^a   Gogi, Carolina ^a   Stamatelos, Georgios ^a   Mitsopoulos, Ioannis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Burning conditions; Cluster analysis; Discriminant analysis; Fire environment; Forest fuels; Greece; Large forest fires; Mega fires

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052899876     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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