A new wildland fire danger index for a Mediterranean region and some validation aspects

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1030-1041

  De Vicente, Javier ^a   Crespo, Fortunato ^a,b  

^a VAERSA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

fire risk; generalised estimating equations; ignition occurrence; logistic regression; odds ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870432606     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF11046     Document Type: Article

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