Meteorology and forest fires: Conditions for ignition and conditions for development

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 705-710

  Delgado Martin L ^a   Garcia Diez A ^b,c   Rivas Soriano, L ^a   Garcia Diez E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c Facultad de Ciencias   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRE;

EID: 0031399182     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450-36.6.705     Document Type: Article

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