An analysis of fire frequency in tropical savannas of northern Australia, using a satellite-based fire atlas

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 479-492

  Oliveira, Sofia L J ^a   Turkman, M A Amaral ^b   Pereira, José M C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b Center of Statistics Applications of Lisbon University CEAUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

discrete lognormal model; discrete Weibull model; Landsat imagery; western Arnhem Land

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879575231     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF12021     Document Type: Article

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