Multi-decadal variability of forest fire risk - Eastern Australia

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-171

  Verdon, Danielle C ^a   Kiem, Anthony S ^a   Franks, Stewart W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushfire; Climate variability; El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Inter decadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO); Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042541569     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF03034     Document Type: Article

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