Wildfire heterogeneity: Empirical vs. simulated observations-the carmel 2010 wildfire as a case study

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 165-176

  Malkinson, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carmel 2010 wildfire; fire spread simulation models; image analysis; landscape heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; WILDFIRE; WIND VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; CARMEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879645523     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.58.2-3.165     Document Type: Article

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