Evaluating wildfire hazard and risk for fire management applications

Environmental Science and Engineering (Subseries: Environmental Science)

Volumn , Issue 9783642319990, 2014, Pages 111-133

  Keane, Robert E ^a   Menakis, James P ^a   Hessburg, Paul F ^b   Reynolds, Keith M ^c   Dickinson, James D ^d  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

EMDS; Forest fuels management; Spatial decision support; Wildfire hazard; Wildfire risk; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EMDS; FOREST FUEL; SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT; WILDFIRE HAZARDS; WILDFIRE RISKS; WILDLAND FIRE;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84975912320     PISSN: 18635520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32000-2_6     Document Type: Article

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