Limitations on the accuracy of model predictions of wildland fire behaviour: A state-of-the-knowledge overview

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 370-381

  Alexander, Martin E ^a   Cruz, Miguel G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire behaviour prediction; Fire environment; Fire modelling; Model applicability; Model input accuracy; Model relationships; Rate of fire spread

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FORECASTING;

FIRE BEHAVIOUR; FIRE ENVIRONMENT; FIRE MODELLING; FIRE SPREAD; MODEL INPUTS; MODEL RELATIONSHIPS;

FIRES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; WILDFIRE;

EID: 84878869918     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2013-067     Document Type: Article

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