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Analysis of time-scaling properties in forest-fire sequence observed in Italy

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  • Telesca, Luciano
  • Lasaponara, Rosa

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The investigation of the temporal fluctuations in forest fires is an important topic in the context of environmental sciences. Time-scaling scale-invariant methodologies have been used to characterize the temporal properties of forest-fire sequences detected in the Italian territory. Our findings reveal that the fire sequences can be considered as fractal processes with a high degree of time-clusterization of the events. The time-clustering phenomenon is clearly visible from timescales of order of days. Furthermore the fire sequences observed with decreasing latitude tend to be more time-clusterized.

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  • Telesca, Luciano & Lasaponara, Rosa, 2010. "Analysis of time-scaling properties in forest-fire sequence observed in Italy," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 221(1), pages 90-93.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:221:y:2010:i:1:p:90-93
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.01.019
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