An exploratory spatial analysis of social vulnerability and smoke plume dispersion in the U.S. South

Forests

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1397-1421

  Gaither, Cassandra Johnson ^a   Goodrick, Scott ^a   Murphy, Bryn Elise ^b   Poudyal, Neelam ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Exploratory spatial data analysis; Prescribed fire; Social vulnerability; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DATA HANDLING; FIRES; FLUID DYNAMICS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SMOKE;

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXPLORATORY SPATIAL DATA ANALYSIS; PRESCRIBED FIRES; SOCIAL VULNERABILITY; SPATIAL ASSOCIATIONS; VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES; WILDLAND FIRE;

SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIFFUSION; ECOREGION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SMOKE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930661672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f6051397     Document Type: Article

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