Analysis of helicopter activities in forest fire-fighting

Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 234-243

  Marchi, Enrico ^a   Neri, Francesco ^a   Tesi, Enrico ^b   Fabiano, Fabio ^a   Montorselli, Niccolò Bracheti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Promotion of Innovation and EU Community Measures in Agri environment   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circular statistics; Firefighting; Helicopter; Maps; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIREPROOFING; FIRES;

CIRCULAR STATISTICS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; FIRE FIGHTING; FIRE PREVENTION; FIRE SUPPRESSION; FIREFIGHTING; FOREST FIRES; NATURAL THREATS; TUSCANY;

HELICOPTERS;

ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; PROFITABILITY;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84907273882     PISSN: 18455719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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