Time-clustering investigation of fire temporal fluctuations in Portugal

Temporal clustering structures were identified and quantified in fire sequences recorded from 1980 to 2005 in Continental Portugal, by using the Allan Factor statistics, a statistical tool suited to reveal clustering behaviour in point processes. The obtained results show the presence of daily and a...

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Main Authors: L. Telesca, M. G. Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-04-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/661/2010/nhess-10-661-2010.pdf