Comparison of fire danger indices in the Mediterranean for present day conditions

IForest

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 197-203

  Giannakopoulos, Christos ^a   LeSager, Philippe ^b   Moriondo, Marco ^c   Bindi, Marco ^d   Karali, Anna ^a   Hatzaki, Maria ^a   Kostopoulou, Effie ^e  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

FFI; Fire Danger Indices; FWI; Mediterranean forests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866065460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor0622-005     Document Type: Article

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