Modification of the Fosberg fire weather index to include drought

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 205-211

  Goodrick, Scott L ^a,b  

^a Florida Division of Forestry   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire danger; Florida; Keetch Byram drought index

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036995249     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/wf02005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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