A comparison of geospatially modeled fire behavior and fire management utility of three data sources in the southeastern United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 273, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-49

  Hollingsworth, LaWen T ^a   Kurth, Laurie L ^b   Parresol, Bernard R ^b   Ottmar, Roger D ^c   Prichard, Susan J ^d  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire behavior; FlamMap; Fuel Characteristic Classification System; LANDFIRE; Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment

Indexed keywords

CANOPY BASE; CANOPY BULK DENSITIES; CANOPY COVER; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; COASTAL PLAIN; CORE METHOD; CROWN FIRES; DATA DEVELOPMENT; DATA SOURCE; DATA UTILITIES; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS; FIELD DATA; FIELD SAMPLING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE BEHAVIOR FUEL MODEL; FIRE INTENSITY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FIRE MITIGATION; FIRE SIMULATION; FLAME LENGTH; FLAMMAP; FUEL CHARACTERISTIC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; FUEL CHARACTERISTICS; GEO-SPATIAL; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LANDFIRE; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MODEL SURFACE; MODELING SYSTEMS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SIMILAR PATTERN; STUDY AREAS;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FUEL GAGES; FUELS; LAND USE; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FIRES;

ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; COASTAL PLAIN; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WILDFIRE;

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859213369     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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