Frequency and distribution of forest, savanna, and crop fires over tropical regions during PEM-Tropics A

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D5, 1999, Pages 5865-5876

  Olson, Jennifer R ^a   Baum, Bryan A ^a   Cahoon, Donald R ^a   Crawford, James H ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033586211     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD100066     Document Type: Article

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