Assessing the predictability of fire occurrence and area burned across phytoclimatic regions in Spain

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-66

  Bedia, J ^a   Herrera, S ^a   Gutierrez J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; FOREST FIRE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDFIRE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84892405621     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-53-2014     Document Type: Article

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