Synoptic climatology of extreme fire-weather conditions across the southwest United States

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1001-1016

  Crimmins, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire weather; Self organizing maps; Southwest United States; Synoptic weather types; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRES; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

FIRE WEATHER; SEASONAL CHANGES; SYNOPTIC WEATHER TYPES; WILDFIRES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WILDFIRE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745586749     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1300     Document Type: Article

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