The association between circulation anomalies in the mid-troposphere and area burned by wildland fire in Canada

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 89-105

  Skinner, W R ^a   Stocks, B J ^b   Martell, D L ^c   Bonsal, B ^a   Shabbar, A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FIRE; GEOPOTENTIAL; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE;

CANADA;

EID: 0032864793     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050095     Document Type: Article

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