Factors affecting containment area and time of australian forest fires featuring aerial suppression

Forest Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 390-398

  Matt, P ^a  

^a BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerial suppression; Initial attack; Wildfire containment; Wildfire response; Wildfire suppression

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT RESPONSE; DATA SETS; FIRE AREAS; FIRE DETECTION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRES; FUEL REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE; INITIAL ATTACK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; RESPONSE TIMINGS; SHRUBLANDS; WILDFIRE CONTAINMENT; WILDFIRE RESPONSE; WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION;

DEFORESTATION; FUELS; HAZARDS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TANKERS (SHIPS);

FIRES;

DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; FUELS; HAZARDS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHIPS;

EID: 84865456036     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.10-096     Document Type: Article

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