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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Main Authors: R. Krenn, S. Hergarten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-10-01
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