Development and application of a geospatial wildfire exposure and risk calculation tool

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 63, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-72

  Thompson, Matthew P ^a   Haas, Jessica R ^a   Gilbertson Day, Julie W ^a   Scott, Joe H ^b   Langowski, Paul ^c   Bowne, Elise ^c   Calkin, David E ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Pyrologix LLC   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support; Effects analysis; Exposure analysis; GIS; Risk assessment; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FIRES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND RECLAMATION; RISK PERCEPTION;

DECISION SUPPORTS; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; EFFECTS ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE ANALYSIS; GEO-SPATIAL ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE RESTORATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL TRENDS; WILDFIRE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDFIRE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84949121409     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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