Assessment and validation of wildfire susceptibility and hazard in Portugal
A comprehensive methodology to assess forest fire susceptibility, that uses variables of strong spatial correlation, is presented and applied for the Portuguese mainland. Our study is based on a thirty-year chronological series of burnt areas. The first twenty years (1975–1994) are used for statisti...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2010-03-01
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| Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/485/2010/nhess-10-485-2010.pdf |