Fire weather index system components for large fires in the Canadian boreal forest

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-400

  Amiro, B D ^a,c   Logan, K A ^a   Wotton, B M ^a,b   Flannigan, M D ^a   Todd, J B ^a   Stocks, B J ^a   Martell, D L ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drought; Duff moisture; Fire intensity; Forest fire; Seasonality; Taiga; Trends

Indexed keywords

PICEA;

EID: 13444263766     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF03066     Document Type: Article

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