Publications

Journal Papers

Kotz, B., Schaepman, M., Morsdorf, F., Bowyer, P., Itten K. and Allgower, B. (2004): Radiative transfer modeling within a heterogeneous canopy for estimation of forest fire fuel properties. Remote Sensing of Environment 92, 334-44

Koutsias, N., Kalabokidis, K. and Allgower, B.  (2004): Fire occurrence patterns at landscape level: Beyond positional accuracy of ignition points with kernel density estimation methods. Natural Resource Modeling 17, 359-376

Morsdorf, F., Meier, E., Kotz, B., Itten, K. and Allgower, B. (2004): The potential of deriving fuel type properties from high point density and small footprint LIDAR. Remote Sensing of Environment 92, 253-362

Riano, D., Meier, E., Allgower, B., Chuvieco, E. and Ustin, S. L.  (2003): Modeling airborne laser scanning data for the spatial generation of critical forest parameters in fire behavior modeling. Remote Sensing of Environment 86, 177-186

Bachmann A. and Allgower, B. (2002): Uncertainty propagation in wildland fire behaviour modelling. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 16, 115-127

Bachmann A. and Allgower, B. (2001): A consistent wildland fire risk terminology is needed! Fire Management Today  61 (4), 28-33

Schoning, R. (2000): Modellierung des potentiellen Waldbrandverhaltens mit einem geographischen Informationssystem. Geoprocessing Series, Vol. 29, pp. 140

Bachmann A., Schoning R. und Allgower, B. (1997): Feuermanagement mit Geographischen Informationssystemen. Geographica Helvetica 52 (1), 27-34

Stahli, M., Finsinger, W., Tinner, W. and Allgower, B. (subm.): Wildland fire history and fire ecology of the Swiss National Park (Central Alps). New evidence from charcoal, pollen and plant macrofossils. The Holocene (submitted)

Book chapters

Allgower, B., Carlson, J.D. and van Wagtendonk, J. W. (2003): Introduction to fire danger rating and remote sensing - will remote sensing enhance wildland fire danger rating? In: Chuvieco, E. (ed.): Wildland fire danger estimation and mapping. The role of remote sensing data. World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 1?20

Chuvieco, E., Allgower, B. and Salas, J. (2003): Integration of physical and human factors in fire danger assessment. In: Chuvieco, E. (ed.): Wildland fire danger estimation and mapping. The role of remote sensing data. World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 197?218

Leone, V., Koutsias, N., Martinez, J., Vega-Garcia, C. and Allgower, B. (2003): The human factor in fire danger assessment. In: Chuvieco, E. (ed.): Wildland fire danger estimation and mapping. The role of remote sensing data. World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 143?196

Reports

Bachmann, A. and Allgower, B. (1997): Coupling of the wind model PRINCE with the GIS ARC/INFO. Final Report of the MINERVE-Project, 1997. Geographisches Institut der Universitat Zurich, pp. 10 (pdf download)

Bachmann, A. and Allgower, B. (1997): Coupling of the wind model NUATMOS with the GIS ARC/INFO. Final Report of the MINERVE-Project, 1997. Geographisches Institut der Universitat Zurich, pp.13 (pdf download)

Harvey, S., Ruegsegger M. and Allgower, B. (1997): Fuel models for Switzerland (Swiss National Park). Rapport final MINERVE 2 (DG XII Nr. EV5V-CT94-0570), partie 3, syntheese des traveaux par partenaire, Saint-Paul les Durence Cedex, France, pp. 49 (pdf download)

Schoning, R., Bachmann, A. and Allgower, B. (1997): GIS-based framework for wildfire risk assessment. Final Report of the MINERVE-Project. Geographisches Institut der Universitat Zurich, pp. 24 (pdf download)

Further publications

Schoning, R., Bachmann, A. und Maissen, U. (1998): Incendi: Unterstutzung der Waldbrandwarnung im Kanton Graubunden. ArcAktuell 3/1998, 19

Allgower, B. (1993): GIS im Schweizerischen Nationalpark. Mitteilungen aus dem Schweizerischen Nationalpark. Cratschla 1/1993, 40-43

Allgower, B. und Bitter, P. (1992): Konzeptstudie zum Aufbau eines Geographischen Informationssystemes fur den Schweizerischen Nationalpark (GIS-SNP). In: Arbeitsberichte zur Nationalparkforschung der Wissenschaftlichen Nationalpark-Kommission und der Parkdirektion, WNPK, Parkdirektion (eds.), Zurich und Zernez, pp. 33