Cellular automaton modelling of lightning-induced and man made forest fires
The impact of forest fires on nature and civilisation is conflicting: on one hand, they play an irreplaceable role in the natural regeneration process, but on the other hand, they come within the major natural hazards in many regions. Their frequency-area distributions show power-law behaviour with...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2009-10-01
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Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/9/1743/2009/nhess-9-1743-2009.pdf |