Atmospheric conditions associated with the exceptional fire season of 2003 in Portugal

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1741-1757

  Trigo, Ricardo M ^a,b,f   Pereira, José M C ^c   Pereira, Mário G ^d   Mota, Bernardo ^c   Calado, Teresa J ^a,e   Dacamara, Carlos C ^a   Santo, Fátima E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Heatwave; NOAA AVHRR; Portugal; Temperature extremes; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FIRES; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; HEATWAVE; PORTUGAL; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; WILDFIRE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WILDFIRE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751056011     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1333     Document Type: Article

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