Fire size/frequency modelling as a means of assessing wildfire database reliability

Austrian Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 228-247

  Eastaugh, C S ^a   Vacik, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Forest fire; Power law; Size, trend

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODEL VALIDATION; POWER LAW; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREND ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84873291328     PISSN: 03795292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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