El Niño and its impact on fire weather conditions in Alaska

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-13

  Hess, Jason C ^a   Scott, Carven A ^a   Hufford, Gary L ^b   Fleming, Michael D ^c  

^a Weather Service Forecast Office   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Burned area; El Ni o; ENSO; Weather patterns; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035646056     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF01007     Document Type: Article

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