The impact of twenty-first century climate change on wildland fire danger in the western united states: An applications perspective

Climatic Change

Volumn 62, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 365-388

  Brown, Timothy J ^a   Hall, Beth L ^a   Westerling, Anthony L ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ECOSYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PUBLIC POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CLIMATIC RISKS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WILDFIRE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542321394     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000013680.07783.de     Document Type: Review

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