Forest fires occurrences and burned area in mainland Portugal: preliminary assessment to a fifteen years period

Portugal, as well as the Mediterranean basin, is favorable to the occurrence of forest fires. In this work a statistical analysis was carried out based on the official information, considering the forest fires occurrences and the corresponding burned area for each of the districts of the mainland Po...

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Main Author: Meira Castro, Ana C. (author)
Other Authors: Bento-Gonçalves, António (author), Vieira, António (author), Lourenço, Luciano (author), Fernandes, Sofia (author), Nunes, Adélia (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/4607
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/4607